Maytag H18vBA56(3B)
534 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: 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.
- MHW8630H**
If you are checking the Maytag H18vBA56(3B), this front-loading washer uses 534 kWh a year at DOE's test use. That assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It also uses 4,720 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to its class median.
Energy and water per year
534 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: 159 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.
4,720 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
- 5 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
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's yearly energy use lies outside the range NLR REMDB's cost model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it.
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.
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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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 534 kWh figure comes from this site's own calculation. It is not a registry value. It combines the registry's IMEF of 2.76 with the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5 at DOE's test use. Because it assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, it includes the energy to dry each load. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 159 kWh a year. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone and leaves the dryer out. So the two figures differ mainly because only 534 kWh includes drying. This page has no figure for a home with a gas water heater or a gas dryer. The registry values come from DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. The steps are set out in the method behind the yearly energy and water figures.
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The 4,720 gallons a year is also this site's calculation. It applies the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 3.2 to the 5 cubic foot drum. It uses the same DOE test use as the energy figure. A household that runs more or fewer loads than the test assumes will use a different amount. This page does not show a water cost. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost shown here would be an estimate. If you pay for water, you can apply your own utility's rates to 4,720 gallons. The registry lists this model as sold as MHW8630H**, and these figures apply to that listing.
This washer is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. Its IMEF of 2.76 ranks 101st highest among them. That value equals the class median IMEF of 2.76. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, while 37 models in the class are rated at that minimum. The minimum value itself is not given in this data. No installed price range is published for this model. Its ratings lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on, and the range is not extended beyond it. The yearly running cost is not stated in this text either. It depends on your own electricity tariff, so the page works it out from your ZIP. Other models in this class are listed on all clothes washer pages.