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Samsung WF45T62…A

Filed with DOE as WF45T62**A*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.

455 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25

with an electric water heater and an electric dryer

IMEF 2.92 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.5 cubic feet.

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The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.

  • WF45T62**A*

For a check of the Samsung WF45T62**A*: at DOE's test use, it uses 455 kWh a year with an electric water heater and dryer. Its water use is 3,850 gallons a year at the same test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.92, above the class median of 2.76.


Energy and water per year

455 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: 95 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.

3,850 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) · 2026-10-25

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What it costs to run where you live

Enter your ZIP to see what this washer costs to run a year, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, on your own utility’s electricity rate.

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
2.92 Compared only with other front-loading, standard size washers.
IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
2.9
Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
4.5 ft³
Federal minimum IMEF for this class
1.84

From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25

ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR certified.

Installed cost and service life

$1,193–$1,806 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) · 2026-04-01

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Service life: DOE’s cost database assumes 11 years for front-loading washers. That is a class assumption, not this model’s rating or a warranty — no registry publishes either.

NLR REMDB v4.0.0 · 2026-09-29

Safety 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 · 2026-09-29

This model's EnergyGuide label (the manufacturer's PDF) (opens in a new tab)


What these figures mean

The 455 kWh figure covers the washer, the electricity that heats its water, and the electric dryer. This site computed it from the registry's IMEF and capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 4.5 here. It is not a registry field, and it assumes DOE's yearly test use rather than your own household's loads. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 95 kWh a year for this model. That number counts the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. The gap between 455 kWh and 95 kWh largely reflects the dryer, which only the larger figure includes. Our page on how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated sets out each step.

Read the rest

The 3,850 gallons figure comes from this model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. It is not a registry field: this site computes it from the IWF of 2.9 and the 4.5 cubic foot drum. It reflects DOE's yearly test use, not the number of loads a given home actually runs. A home that runs more or fewer loads than the test use will see a different yearly total. No cost is given for the 3,850 gallons, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. The rate that would apply is set by your local water and sewer provider.

Among the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size, this model ranks 33rd highest by IMEF. Its IMEF sits above the class median given above, and above the federal minimum for its class. 37 models in the class are rated at the federal minimum, and this washer is not one of them. A higher IMEF means more cubic feet of laundry per kilowatt-hour, so the rank reflects energy use, not water use. The yearly running cost is not written here, because it depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. Instead, the page computes that cost from the ZIP code you enter. The installed price range appears in its own block, with its source and date, as a modeled range rather than a quote. Other front-loading models can be checked the same way from all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

Where the hot water in this figure comes from


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