Samsung WA48H74…A
Filed with DOE as WA48H74**A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
641 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25with an electric water heater and an electric dryer
IMEF 2.21 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.8 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.
- WA48H74**A*
If you are checking the SAMSUNG WA48H74**A*, here are its yearly figures at DOE's test use. It uses 641 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 5,522 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.21, above its class median of 1.57.
Energy and water per year
641 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.
5,522 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) · 2026-10-25What it costs to run where you live
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
- 2.21 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
- 3.9
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 4.8 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 · 2026-09-29Safety record
- Samsung recalls top-load washing machines (impact injury) (opens in a new tab) 2016-11-04 Covers some units only: 34 models made March 2011 through November 2016, depending on the serial number; Samsung confirms by serial. Check the serial number on your rating plate.
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 · 2026-09-29This model's EnergyGuide label (the manufacturer's PDF) (opens in a new tab)
What these figures mean
Where the hot water in this figure comes from
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Water heaters
The other big user of hot water in a home, with every model on file.
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What a water heater costs to run
Prices a water heater’s efficiency against your own utility’s tariff.
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- GE G44I_2_J 627 kWh a year
- GE G44I_2_J1 627 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Top-load washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Most energy-efficient clothes washers
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Top load vs front load washing machine
The filed IMEF, yearly energy, water, drum size and installed-cost range of every standard-size top-loading and front-loading washer, side by side from the DOE registry.
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How much water and electricity does a washing machine use?
The yearly gallons and kWh of every residential washer on file, by product class with the full spread, plus the exact per-cycle figures, and the watts no registry files declared as a gap.
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Every Samsung washer on file
What the brand files, by product class.
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Every clothes washer on file
All four product classes, from the DOE registry.
This site calculated the 641 kWh figure; the registry does not file it. It combines the registry's IMEF of 2.21 with the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.8, at DOE's test use. The source is DOE's Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. IMEF folds the dryer in, so this figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It is not the washer's own use alone. A machine-only figure is not published for this model. Only ENERGY STAR files the washer's own share, and it lists no matching rating for the WA48H74**A*. The installed price range is missing for the same reason, because the cost database needs that machine-only figure. You can check the arithmetic on the page about how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The 5,522 gallons figure comes from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. For this model the IWF is 3.9. This site multiplies it by the 4.8 cubic-foot capacity at the same test use as the energy figure. It describes DOE's test use, not a reading taken in any home. The page gives no cost for this water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate. To price the 5,522 gallons, you need the rates on your own water and sewer bill. The page does not have those rates. A plumber or seller checking this model can use the gallons figure directly. Whatever it costs is left to the local bill.
In the registry, this model sits among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. By IMEF it ranks 34th highest of 870. A total of 652 of those models sit at the federal minimum IMEF for the class, and the WA48H74**A* is rated above that minimum. Its IMEF of 2.21 is also above the class median of 1.57, which means it washes more cubic feet per kilowatt-hour than the median model in its class. The text gives no running cost. That cost depends on your own utility's electricity tariff applied to the 641 kWh. The page calculates it from your ZIP code instead of naming a figure here. Other models in this class and other classes are listed under all clothes washer pages.