Samsung WA50R52…A
Filed with DOE as WA50R52**A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
716 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: 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.
- WA50R52**A*
If you are verifying this Samsung WA50R52**A* top-loader, it uses 716 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 7,375 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 2.06, above its class median of 1.57.
Energy and water per year
716 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.
7,375 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
- 5
- 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
- More than one filed rating
- The registry lists more than one rating for this model; this page shows the least efficient one.
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,129–$1,606 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
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 · 2026-09-29This 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
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- Samsung WA50R54…A 716 kWh a year
- Samsung WA50T53…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.
The yearly figure of 716 kWh assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It therefore counts the washer, the heated water and the drying of each load. This site calculated it from the registry's IMEF and a capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 5, at DOE's test use. The registry did not publish this figure. The inputs come from the DOE Compliance Certification Database (CCD), retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 120 kWh a year. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. The dryer is part of the first figure and not of the second. The registry lists more than one rating for the WA50R52**A*, and this page uses the least efficient one. The steps are set out in the method for calculating the yearly energy and water figures.
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The 7,375 gallons a year comes from the model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. The registry lists the IWF as 5. This site multiplied that factor by the 5 capacity at the same DOE test use, so the yearly total is not a registry value. Like the energy figure, it is based on the least efficient of the listed ratings. The total assumes DOE's test use. A household that runs a different number of loads will get a different total. The page does not state what this water costs. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so the page gives no cost estimate. The rate for a given address is set by its local water utility.
The WA50R52**A* is compared with the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Within that group, it has the 37th highest IMEF. Its IMEF of 2.06 is above the class median of 1.57. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. Of the 870 models, 652 are rated at that minimum. The text does not give the running cost of the 716 kWh. That cost depends on your own utility's electricity tariff, so the page calculates it from your ZIP code. The installed price range appears in its own block, with its source and date. It is a modeled range, not a quote. Other models are listed on all clothes washer pages.