Samsung WA50R54…A
Filed with DOE as WA50R54**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.
- WA50R54**A*
When verifying the Samsung WA50R54**A*, this site computes 716 kWh a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and electric dryer. Water use at the same test use is 7,375 gallons 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
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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How every figure on this page is calculated
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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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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 716 kWh figure comes from this site, not from the registry, and assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It is calculated from the registry's IMEF of 2.06 and capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 5 for this model. The steps and the yearly cycle count are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 120 kWh a year for this model. That covers the washer and its electrically heated water alone, so the gap between the two totals is the dryer's share. The registry, DOE CCD as retrieved on 2026-10-25, lists more than one rating for this model, and the page shows the least efficient one.
Read the rest
This model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 5 in the registry. This site combines it with the 5 cubic feet of capacity at DOE's test use to reach 7,375 gallons a year. No water cost is shown, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. The electricity cost of the 716 kWh is not written here either, since it depends on your own utility tariff. The page computes that running cost from the ZIP code you enter instead of stating a national figure. Both yearly figures apply at DOE's test use; how your household's own use compares is not known here.
Its class is the 870 models registered as top-loading washers of standard size, and their median IMEF is 1.57. Of those 870, 652 are rated at the federal minimum IMEF for the class. This model's 2.06 is above both that minimum and the median, ranking 37th highest IMEF of 870. The 2.06 shown, and so the rank, comes from the least efficient of its listed ratings. The installed price range sits in its own block with its source and date; it is a modeled range, not a quote. Other models in this class can be checked through all clothes washer pages on this site.