Samsung WA53CG7155A
Filed with DOE as WA53CG7155A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
680 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 2.30 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 5.3 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.
- WA53CG7155A*
If you are checking the Samsung WA53CG7155A*, it uses 680 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 5,941 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.3: 21st highest of 870 top-loading, standard-size models.
Energy and water per year
680 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.
5,941 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
- 2.30 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
- 3.8
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 5.3 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
$1,162–$1,653 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 WA50K86…A 620 kWh a year
- Samsung WA52J806…A 645 kWh a year
- Samsung WA54CG7105A 693 kWh a year
- Samsung WA54CG715…A 693 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 680 kWh figure is not printed in the registry. This site computed it from the registry's IMEF and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, here 5.3. The calculation uses DOE's yearly test cycles; how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated sets out the steps. IMEF counts the drying step, so the figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. ENERGY STAR files a second figure for this model, 120 kWh a year. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone and leaves out the dryer. This site computed the first figure, and ENERGY STAR filed the second. A home with a gas water heater or a gas dryer does not match the scope of either figure. The registry source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25.
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The water figure, 5,941 gallons a year, comes from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. For this model the IWF is 3.8. This site multiplied it by the 5.3 cubic-foot capacity and by DOE's yearly test cycles. A lower IWF means less water per cubic foot of drum. The page does not state what this water costs. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and the page does not estimate one. To get a cost, apply the rate from your local water bill to the 5,941 gallons figure. The electricity running cost is also left out of this text. It depends on your own utility tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP instead.
The class here is the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Their median IMEF is 1.57. This model's IMEF of 2.3 sits above that median and ranks 21st highest in the class. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, while 652 models in the class sit at that minimum. A higher IMEF means more laundry washed per kilowatt-hour under DOE's test. The rank therefore reflects test results, not use in a particular home. The installed price in its own block is a modeled range with its own source and date, not a quote. Other models in this class can be checked through all clothes washer pages.