Samsung WA52DG55…A
Filed with DOE as WA52DG55**A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
745 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: 5.2 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.
- WA52DG55**A*
If you are checking the Samsung WA52DG55**A* against the registry, here is what it shows. At DOE's test use, this washer uses 745 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 6,596 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, above its class median.
Energy and water per year
745 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.
6,596 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
- 5.2 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
$1,151–$1,637 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
- Samsung WA52A55…A 745 kWh a year
- Samsung WA52B76…A 745 kWh a year
- Samsung WA52M77…A 745 kWh a year
- Samsung WA52M86…A 745 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 745 kWh figure comes from this site's calculation, not from the registry. It combines the registry's IMEF with the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, here 5.2, at DOE's test use. The registry values come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database (CCD), retrieved 2026-10-25. The figure covers the washer, an electric water heater and an electric dryer together. ENERGY STAR files a separate figure for this model: 120 kWh a year for the machine and its electrically heated water alone, dryer not included. The gap between 120 kWh and 745 kWh is therefore the dryer's share under the test assumptions. For homes that heat water or dry clothes with gas, no matching figure for this model is available. The page explains how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The 6,596 gallons figure is also calculated by this site rather than the registry. It uses the model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, here 4.3. That factor is applied to the 5.2 cubic-foot drum at DOE's test use. A lower IWF means fewer gallons for each cubic foot washed. The cost of this water is not shown on the page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so this page gives no cost estimate. Anyone checking a water bill against this model can compare it with the 6,596 gallons figure. Actual use will depend on how often the machine runs, and that is not known here.
This model's IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest among the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. The class median IMEF is 1.57, so this model is rated above it. It is also rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. By comparison, 652 of the 870 models in the class are rated at that minimum. The rank compares rated values only, measured under DOE's test conditions. It does not describe how the machine performs in a particular home. The running cost is not stated in this text because it depends on your own electricity tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP instead. Other models in the same class are listed on the clothes washer pages.