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Maytag V24LBN51(3B)

996 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 1.57 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.

  • MTW7200R**

Checking the Maytag V24LBN51(3B)? This top-loading washer uses 996 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 10,163 gallons of water a year, both at DOE's test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.57, equal to its class median and the federal minimum.


Energy and water per year

996 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

Not published: The washer's own share, without the dryer

DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in; only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating.

The total above, and the IMEF it comes from, stand as filed.

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.

10,163 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 exactly at the federal minimum IMEF for its class, like many others; no rank is claimed inside that tie.

What you can do. Federal minimum means this model uses as much energy as the law allows for its class. 218 washers in the same class file a higher IMEF; at the same drum size and use, a higher IMEF is less energy a year. See the most efficient washers in each 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
1.57 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
6.5
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

Installed cost and service life

Not published: Installed cost range

NLR REMDB's cost model needs the washer's own yearly energy use, which only ENERGY STAR files — and it lists no matching rating for this model.

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 · 2026-09-29

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 996 kWh figure covers more than the washer's own motor. This site computed it, not the registry, from the registry's IMEF and capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 5.3 here. The calculation uses the yearly cycle count that DOE's test procedure assumes. Because IMEF folds in the energy for heating water and drying the load, the total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. The machine-only figure is not available for this model. DOE's database files only IMEF, and ENERGY STAR is the one source that separates the machine's own share. ENERGY STAR lists no matching rating for the V24LBN51(3B). The inputs come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25.

Read the rest

The 10,163 gallons figure starts from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. For this model the IWF is 6.5. This site multiplied it by the 5.3 cubic foot capacity and by DOE's yearly test cycles. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures sets out each step. The result reflects DOE's test use, so a household that runs a different number of loads will draw a different amount. The cost of this water is not shown. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate one.

Among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size, the median IMEF is 1.57, the same as this model's 1.57. That value is also the federal minimum for the class, and 652 of the 870 models are rated exactly there. The V24LBN51(3B), sold as MTW7200R**, is one of them, so no rank is claimed inside that tie. A higher IMEF means more laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, and this model does not exceed the minimum. The yearly running cost is not in this text, because it depends on the reader's own electricity tariff. The page computes it from the reader's ZIP code instead. Other washers in the class are reachable through the full list of clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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