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Maytag V19zBG56(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.

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.

  • MVW7232H**

If you are checking the Maytag V19zBG56(3B), its yearly energy use is 759 kWh with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. Its water use is 6,723 gallons a year at the same DOE test use. 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

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 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
5.3 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

This site computes the 759 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. The figure uses the registry's IMEF of 2.06 and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 5.3, at DOE's yearly test use. IMEF counts the dryer, so the total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 270 kWh a year for this model. That value covers the washer and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. The rest of the 759 kWh total is the dryer's share. The registry lists this model as sold under MVW7232H**. The steps behind both yearly figures are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. The DOE CCD data was retrieved on 2026-10-25.

Read the rest

The 6,723 gallons figure comes from the same method. The registry gives an IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 4.3 for this model. This site multiplies that value by the 5.3 cubic-foot capacity and by DOE's yearly test cycle count. The result is the washer's water use at DOE's test use, not a measured household total. This page does not show the cost of that water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. A reader who wants a cost can apply the 6,723 gallons total to the local utility's own water and sewer rates.

The class for this comparison is the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Within it, this model's IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest. The class median is 1.57, so this model sits above the middle of its class. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class; 652 of the 870 models are at that minimum. The installed price range appears in its own block, with its source and date, as a modeled range and not a quote. This text does not give a running cost, because it depends on your own utility electricity tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP instead. Other models can be checked from all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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