Maytag H18vB949(3B)
513 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 2.76 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.8 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.
- MHW6630H**
At DOE's test use, the Maytag H18vB949(3B) uses 513 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. For a second check, its water use is 4,531 gallons a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to the median of 360 front-loading standard-size models.
Energy and water per year
513 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
The machine and its hot water alone, dryer not included: 143 kWh a year, as ENERGY STAR files it.
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.
4,531 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
- 2.76 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
- 4.8 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.84
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,276–$2,322 installed
Not a quote — a modeled range of what installers have charged for this class of unit; your price will vary with labor rates, access, and local code requirements.
Brought to current prices with Bureau of Labor Statistics indexes: equipment to August 2026, installation labor to April 2026–June 2026.
NLR REMDB (BLS PPI/ECI escalated) · 2026-04-01Service 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
- Maytag H18vB945(3B) 513 kWh a year
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- Maytag H18vB951(3B) 513 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 513 kWh figure is computed by this site and is not taken from the registry. It combines the registry's IMEF of 2.76 with a capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.8, at DOE's test use. That total counts the washer, its electrically heated water and the electric dryer used afterwards. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 143 kWh a year for this model. That value covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. The difference between 513 kWh and 143 kWh reflects the dryer's share of the total. The steps behind the site's figure are described in the method for the yearly energy and water figures. The registry source is DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25.
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The 4,531 gallons figure is also computed by this site from registry values. It uses 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, applied to its 4.8-cubic-foot drum at DOE's test use. The page does not state what that water costs, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. Any amount for it would be an estimate, so none is given here. The running cost of the 513 kWh of electricity is also left out of the text. It depends on the reader's own utility tariff, so the page computes it from the reader's ZIP instead.
Among the 360 models registered as front-loading and standard size, the median IMEF is 2.76. This model's IMEF of 2.76 is equal to that median, and by IMEF it ranks 101st highest of the 360. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 of the 360 models sit. The federal minimum IMEF value itself is not available in this data, so the margin above it cannot be stated. The registry records this model as sold under the retail number MHW6630H**. Other washer models can be checked the same way from the full list of clothes washer pages.