Maytag H18vB951(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 (2)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- MHW6630H**
- MHW6630M**
At DOE's test use, the Maytag H18vB951(3B) washer uses 513 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. If you are verifying its water rating, the yearly figure is 4,531 gallons. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to the median of the 360 standard-size front-loaders.
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.
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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 total is computed by this site, not by the registry, from DOE CCD data retrieved 2026-10-25. It combines the registry's IMEF of 2.76 and its 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 an electric dryer. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 143 kWh a year for this model. That number covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. No separate dryer figure is in this page's data, so none is stated here. The steps behind the yearly total are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
Read the rest
The 4,531 gallons yearly figure is also this site's calculation, not a registry value. It starts 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, applied to its 4.8 cubic-foot drum at DOE's test use. No cost is shown for that water use. Water and sewer rates are set locally, and no free national source publishes them. Any cost figure would be an estimate, so this page leaves it out. The registry lists this model as sold under MHW6630H**, MHW6630M**.
This model is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading and standard size. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 models sit at that minimum. Its IMEF, which matches the class median, ranks 101st highest of the 360. The data does not state how models sharing the same IMEF are ordered in that rank. Running cost for the 513 kWh is not written here, because it depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP code instead. The modeled installed-cost range sits in its own block, with its source and date, and is not a quote. To check a different model, start from all clothes washer pages.