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Maytag V19zBG55(3B)

759 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: 5.3 cubic feet.

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  • MVW7232H**

Checking the Maytag V19zBG55(3B) (MVW7232H**)? At DOE's test use, it needs 759 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, plus 6,723 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06: 37th highest of the 870 standard-size top-loaders registered.


Energy and water per year

759 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: 270 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.

6,723 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 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
5.3 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

$1,136–$1,762 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 759 kWh a year was calculated by this site. It is not a registry value. The calculation applies the registry's IMEF of 2.06 and capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5.3 to DOE's test use per year. IMEF includes the dryer, so this total covers an electric dryer's work as well as the washer and its electrically heated water. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 270 kWh a year for this model. That value counts only the washer and its electrically heated water, without the dryer. The difference between 270 kWh and 759 kWh therefore reflects the dryer's share. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. The registry data come from the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25.

Read the rest

This model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 4.3. Applied to its 5.3 cubic feet at the same test use, it gives 6,723 gallons a year. This site also computed that figure. It describes water used by the washer under DOE's test, not a measured household figure. This page does not show what that water costs. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so no cost is estimated here. The electricity running cost is also left out of this text. It depends on the reader's own utility tariff. The page computes it from the reader's ZIP instead of stating one national figure.

The class is the 870 models registered as top-loading and standard size, and its median IMEF is 1.57. This model's 2.06 is above that median and ranks 37th highest IMEF of 870. In the same class, 652 models sit at the federal minimum IMEF, and this one is rated above that minimum. The rank reflects only the registered IMEF, measured under DOE's test. The installed price range appears in its own block on this page, with its source and date. It is a modeled range, not a quote. Other models in the class can be checked through all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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