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Roper V17nGh57(3B)

658 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: 3.5 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.

  • RTW4516F**

The Roper V17nGh57(3B) uses 658 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, at DOE's test use. It uses 6,711 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.57, which equals both its class median and the federal minimum for its class.


Energy and water per year

658 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.

6,711 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.

See what the middle washer of each product class costs to run on your rate.


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
3.5 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 658 kWh figure does not cover the washer alone. This site calculated it from the registry's IMEF and a capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 3.5, at DOE's yearly test use. IMEF includes the energy for heating water and drying the load. So the figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. DOE's database files only IMEF, so it does not publish a figure for the machine alone. Only ENERGY STAR reports the machine's own share, and it has no matching rating for this model. That share is therefore unknown. For the same reason, no installed price range is shown here, because the cost database needs that machine-only figure. The inputs and steps are explained in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. The registry data comes from DOE's CCD and was retrieved on 2026-10-25.

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The 6,711 gallons figure uses the same method. This site multiplied the registry's IWF by the 3.5 cubic-foot drum and applied DOE's yearly test use. IWF means the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. With an IWF of 6.5, each test cycle is rated at 6.5 gallons per cubic foot of capacity. The yearly total assumes DOE's test use, not the reader's own number of cycles. The water cost is not stated. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. A plumber, seller or homeowner can apply their own local rate to the 6,711 gallons total.

The 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size have a median IMEF of 1.57. This model's IMEF of 1.57 equals that median and sits exactly at the federal minimum for its class. It shares that minimum with 652 of the 870 models, so the page does not rank it within that tie. The text also gives no yearly running cost. That cost depends on the reader's own utility electricity rate applied to 658 kWh, so the page calculates it from the reader's ZIP. The registry lists this model as sold under RTW4516F**. Other models have their own entries among all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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