Samsung WA50K86…A
Filed with DOE as WA50K86**A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
620 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 2.38 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 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.
- WA50K86**A*
Checked against the registry, the SAMSUNG WA50K86**A* washer uses 620 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer at DOE's test use. It uses 5,458 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.38, against a median of 1.57 among top-loading, standard-size washers.
Energy and water per year
620 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.
5,458 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
- 2.38 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
- 3.7
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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.
Closest in its class
- LG WT7800H…A 620 kWh a year
- LG WT7850H…A 645 kWh a year
- Samsung WA52J806…A 645 kWh a year
- Samsung WA53CG7155A 680 kWh a year
Keep going
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.
The 620 kWh figure is not a registry entry. This site computed it from the registry's IMEF of 2.38 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5, at DOE's test use. The figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so the dryer's energy is counted in it. A figure for the washer alone is not available for this model. DOE's database (DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25) files only IMEF, which folds the dryer in. ENERGY STAR is the only source that splits the machine out, and it lists no matching rating for this model. The steps behind the yearly figure are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The 5,458 gallons a year comes from the same method. This site combined the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 3.7, with the 5 cubic-foot capacity at DOE's test use. A household that runs more or fewer loads than the test assumes will use a different amount. 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. Pricing the 5,458 gallons needs the water and sewer rate from the reader's own local utility.
This model is compared with the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Its IMEF of 2.38 ranks 10th highest of those 870, above the class median of 1.57. Of the 870 models, 652 are rated at the federal minimum IMEF for the class; this model is rated above that minimum. Other models in the class can be looked up through the full list of clothes washer pages. The text states no running cost for the 620 kWh, because it depends on the reader's own electricity tariff; the page computes it from the reader's ZIP code instead. An installed price range is not available, for the ENERGY STAR reason given above.