Maytag V17EBB51(3B)
859 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 2.06 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 6 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.
- MVWB965H**
The Maytag V17EBB51(3B) uses 859 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use, counted with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. Checked on the same basis, it uses 7,611 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, above its class median of 1.57.
Energy and water per year
859 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: 311 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.
7,611 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
- 2.06 Compared only with other top-loading, standard size washers.
- IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
- 4.3
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 6 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.57
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's drum size 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 top-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
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- Maytag V17EBB52(3B) 859 kWh a year
- Maytag V198BE50(3B) 745 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Top-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 859 kWh figure is computed by this site, not taken from the registry. It applies DOE's yearly test use to the registry's IMEF of 2.06 and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 6. The registry data were retrieved from DOE CCD on 2026-10-25. The total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so the dryer's energy is inside it. ENERGY STAR files a separate figure of 311 kWh a year for the machine and its electrically heated water alone. That figure leaves the dryer out, which is why it sits below 859 kWh. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The water figure of 7,611 gallons a year is also computed by this site, not by the registry. It uses the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 4.3. That value is applied to the 6 cubic foot capacity at the same DOE test use as the energy figure. No cost is shown for this water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so the page does not estimate an amount. A reader who knows the local water and sewer rate can apply it to 7,611 gallons directly.
The V17EBB51(3B), sold as MVWB965H**, is compared with the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Its IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest of 870, above the class median of 1.57. In that class, 652 models are rated at the federal minimum IMEF, and this model is rated above it. Other washers in this class can be checked through all clothes washer pages. An installed price range is not published for this model. Its ratings lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on, and that range is not stretched past it. The running cost is not stated here: it depends on your own utility electricity tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP.