Samsung WH46DBH50…E
Filed with DOE as WH46DBH50*E*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
438 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 3.10 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.6 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.
- WH46DBH50*E*
The Samsung WH46DBH50*E* uses 438 kWh a year at DOE's test use, counting an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 3,935 gallons of water. For checking its figures: its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 3.1. That ranks 5th highest of 360 standard-size front-loading models.
Energy and water per year
438 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.
3,935 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
- 3.10 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
- 4.6 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
$1,192–$1,801 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 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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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 WH46DBH1…G 438 kWh a year
- Samsung WH46DBH5…G 438 kWh a year
- Samsung WH46DBH55…E 438 kWh a year
- Samsung WH53DBH7…E 504 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Front-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 438 kWh figure covers more than the washer itself. It assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so it includes the energy to dry each load. This site computes it, not the registry, from the model's IMEF of 3.1 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.6, at DOE's test use. The inputs come from the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files 95 kWh a year for this model's machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. The difference between the two figures is the dryer's share under the test assumptions. The steps behind both are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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Water use follows the same test basis. The model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, is 2.9. Applied to the 4.6 cubic-foot drum at DOE's test use, that gives 3,935 gallons a year, again computed by this site. The page does not put a cost on that water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and the site does not estimate one. 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 3,935 gallons and 438 kWh figures apply at DOE's test use only; totals at other load counts are not available here.
Within its class, this model sits above the middle. It is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. Their median IMEF is 2.76, and this model's 3.1 is above that median. By IMEF it ranks 5th highest of 360. Of the class, 37 models sit at the federal minimum IMEF, while this model is rated above that minimum. The rank covers IMEF only; it does not reflect water use, price or other traits. The installed price range appears in its own block, with its source and date, as a modeled range rather than a quote. Other models in the class are listed among all clothes washer pages.