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Maytag V19zBE51(3B)

745 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25

with 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: 5.2 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.

  • MVW7230H**

If you are checking the Maytag V19zBE51(3B) against the registry, these are its yearly figures at DOE's test use. It uses 745 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 6,596 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, above its class median.


Energy and water per year

745 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: 260 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.

6,596 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) · 2026-10-25

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What it costs to run where you live

Enter your ZIP to see what this washer costs to run a year, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, on your own utility’s electricity rate.

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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
5.2 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

$1,126–$1,739 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) · 2026-04-01

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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 · 2026-09-29

Safety 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 · 2026-09-29

What these figures mean

The 745 kWh figure covers the whole test cycle at DOE's test use: the washer, water heated by an electric water heater, and an electric dryer. This site computed it, not the registry. It uses the registry's IMEF of 2.06 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5.2. The inputs come from DOE CCD data retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR also files a machine-only figure of 260 kWh a year for this model. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer not included. The gap between the two figures is the dryer's share under the same test use. The model is sold as MVW7230H**. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.

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The water figure of 6,596 gallons a year is also this site's calculation, not a registry value. It combines the IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 4.3 with the capacity of 5.2 cubic feet at DOE's test use. A lower IWF means fewer gallons per cubic foot of drum. The cost of this water is not shown on the page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. To check a bill, multiply 6,596 gallons by the combined water and sewer rate from your local utility.

Among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size, this washer's IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest. The class median IMEF is 1.57, and this model sits above it. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, while 652 of the 870 models sit at that minimum. The rank compares rated values at DOE's test use, not measured use in a home. Running cost is not stated in this text because it depends on your own utility electricity tariff. The page computes it from your {ZIP} entry instead, so no amount is given here. Other models in the class are listed under all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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