Samsung WA49B5205A
Filed with DOE as WA49B5205A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
702 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 2.06 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.9 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.
- WA49B5205A*
If you are checking the Samsung WA49B5205A*: this top-loading, standard-size washer uses 702 kWh a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 6,216 gallons of water a year. 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
702 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: 120 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.
6,216 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
- 2.06 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
- 4.9 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
$1,118–$1,591 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) · 2026-04-01Service 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 with super speed wash (fire hazard) (opens in a new tab) 2022-12-22 Covers some units only: Model series WA49B, WA50B, WA51A, WA52A, WA54A and WA55A, within the serial ranges Samsung lists. 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.
Closest in its class
- Samsung WA45M70…A 644 kWh a year
- Samsung WA45N71…A 644 kWh a year
- Samsung WA50A54…A 716 kWh a year
- Samsung WA50M74…A 716 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 702 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. It uses the registry's IMEF and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 4.9 here. Both values come from the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25, and the calculation assumes DOE's yearly test use. The figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure for this model, which is 120 kWh a year. That figure covers the washer and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. So the 702 kWh figure includes the dryer, and the 120 kWh figure leaves it out. Our page on how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated shows the steps.
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This site also calculated the 6,216 gallons figure, using the same yearly test use. It combines the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, with the 4.9 cubic-foot capacity. This model's IWF is 4.3. This page gives no cost for the 6,216 gallons, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. The electricity running cost is not in this text either. It depends on the reader's own utility tariff, so the page works it out from the reader's ZIP. The same limit applies to both the 702 kWh and 120 kWh figures: neither has a cost stated here.
This model is compared with the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. By IMEF it ranks 37th highest of 870, and its 2.06 sits above the class median of 1.57. In this class, 652 of the 870 models sit at the federal minimum IMEF. This model is rated above that minimum. The minimum value itself is not available in the data behind this page. The modeled installed-cost range appears in its own block on this page, with its source and date. It is not a quote. Other models in this class can be checked through all clothes washer pages.