Maytag H18vB842(3B)
455 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25with an electric water heater and an electric dryer
IMEF 2.92 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.5 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (1)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- MHW5630H**
If you are checking the Maytag H18vB842(3B), this site calculates 455 kWh of electricity and 4,248 gallons of water a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.92. That is the 33rd highest of 360 front-loading, standard-size models.
Energy and water per year
455 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer
Computed by this site from the registry's IMEF and drum capacity at DOE's test use of 295 cycles a year. IMEF counts the washer, heating its water electrically, and the electric dryer's work on what the spin leaves wet — so this is the total for that kind of home. How it is calculated
Not published: The washer's own share, without the dryer
DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in; only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating.
The total above, and the IMEF it comes from, stand as filed.
Not published: A home with a gas water heater, a gas dryer or line drying
DOE's rating assumes electric water heating and an electric dryer and files no split between the machine, the water heating and the drying.
Such a home uses less electricity than the total above; how much less, no registry says for this model.
4,248 gallons of water a year
Computed from the registry's IWF and drum capacity at the same 295 cycles a year.
Not published: What the water costs
water and sewer rates are set by thousands of local utilities and no free national source publishes them.
The gallons above are the figure to multiply by your own water and sewer rate.
This model is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class.
DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) · 2026-10-25What it costs to run where you live
See what the middle washer of each product class costs to run on your rate.
What the registry files
From DOE CCD · 2026-10-25
- IMEF (Integrated Modified Energy Factor) how many cubic feet of drum a washer cleans for each kilowatt-hour, counting the machine, heating the water and drying what the spin leaves wet
- 2.92 Compared only with other front-loading, standard size washers.
- IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
- 3.2
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 4.5 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.84
Installed cost and service life
Not published: Installed cost range
NLR REMDB's cost model needs the washer's own yearly energy use, which only ENERGY STAR files — and it lists no matching rating for this model.
Ask retailers or installers for a written quote that names this model number. The yearly energy, water and running cost on this page do not depend on it.
Service life: DOE’s cost database assumes 11 years for front-loading washers. That is a class assumption, not this model’s rating or a warranty — no registry publishes either.
NLR REMDB v4.0.0 · 2026-09-29Safety record
No CPSC recall names this model.
Checked against the CPSC recall database. CPSC does not publish a model-level match for this product category, so this list is curated by hand from the manufacturer's recall filings.
CPSC · 2026-09-29What these figures mean
Where the hot water in this figure comes from
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Water heaters
The other big user of hot water in a home, with every model on file.
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What a water heater costs to run
Prices a water heater’s efficiency against your own utility’s tariff.
Closest in its class
- LG WM9500H…A 586 kWh a year
- Maytag H18vB841(3B) 455 kWh a year
- Maytag H18vB843(3B) 455 kWh a year
- Maytag H18vB941(3B) 485 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Front-load washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Most energy-efficient clothes washers
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Top load vs front load washing machine
The filed IMEF, yearly energy, water, drum size and installed-cost range of every standard-size top-loading and front-loading washer, side by side from the DOE registry.
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How much water and electricity does a washing machine use?
The yearly gallons and kWh of every residential washer on file, by product class with the full spread, plus the exact per-cycle figures, and the watts no registry files declared as a gap.
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Every Maytag washer on file
What the brand files, by product class.
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Every clothes washer on file
All four product classes, from the DOE registry.
The 455 kWh figure covers more than the washer. This site calculated it from the registry's IMEF of 2.92 and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.5, at DOE's yearly test use. IMEF includes the energy needed to dry the load, so the total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. A home with a gas water heater or a gas dryer falls outside that scope. A machine-only figure is not available for this model. DOE's database files only IMEF, and ENERGY STAR is the only source that reports the machine on its own. ENERGY STAR lists no matching rating for this model. For the same reason, no installed price range is published here. The source is DOE's CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures is described separately.
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The 4,248 gallons yearly figure comes from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. For this model the IWF is 3.2. This site multiplied that factor by the 4.5 cubic-foot capacity and by the same yearly cycle count used for energy. The result reflects DOE's test use, not the loads a particular household runs, so a meter reading can differ. The water cost is not stated. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate them. To check a bill, apply the local water and sewer rate to the 4,248 gallons figure.
This model's IMEF of 2.92 ranks 33rd highest among the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. The class median IMEF is 2.76, so this model is above the median. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 models in the class sit at that minimum. The registry lists this model as sold as MHW5630H**. Running cost is not given in this text. It depends on the reader's own electricity tariff, so the page calculates it from the reader's ZIP code, using the 455 kWh figure. Other registered models are listed on the clothes washer pages.