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Maytag V19zBE57(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.

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The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.

  • MVW7230H**

Checking the Maytag V19zBE57(3B)? At DOE's test use it draws 745 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 6,596 gallons of water a year at the same test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, against a class median of 1.57.


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

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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

Registered as V19zBE57(3B) and sold as MVW7230H**, this is a top-loading washer of standard size. Its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, is 5.2. This site computed the 745 kWh yearly figure from that capacity and the registry's IMEF of 2.06, at DOE's test use. The figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so it includes the dryer's share of energy. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 260 kWh a year for the washer and its electrically heated water alone. The gap between the two figures is the dryer's share under the test assumptions. The registry values come from the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. The full method is set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.

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Its IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 4.3. This site multiplied that factor by the 5.2 cubic foot drum at DOE's test use to reach 6,596 gallons a year. That total is the machine's water at the test cycle count, not a measured figure from any one home. The page does not state what the 6,596 gallons would cost, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. A reader who knows the local rate can apply it to that yearly volume directly. Water use at home also depends on how many loads are run, which the registry does not record.

The registry lists 870 models as top-loading washers of standard size, and their median IMEF is 1.57. This model's IMEF of 2.06 is above that median and ranks 37th highest of the 870. Of the class, 652 models sit at the federal minimum IMEF, while this one is rated above that minimum. The installed price range sits in its own block, with source and date, as a modeled range and not a quote. Running cost is not written here, since the cost of 745 kWh depends on your own electricity tariff. The page computes that figure from the ZIP code you enter, using your utility's rate. Other models in this class appear among all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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