Samsung WW22N685…Q
Filed with DOE as WW22N685*Q*. An asterisk in a model number stands for any character: this one filing covers several variants.
288 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 2.25 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 2.2 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.
- WW22N685*Q*
Checking this model? With an electric water heater and electric dryer, the Samsung WW22N685*Q* uses 288 kWh a year at DOE's test use, plus 2,401 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.25, below its class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
288 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
Not published: The washer's own share, without the dryer
DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in; only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating.
The total above, and the IMEF it comes from, stand as filed.
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.
2,401 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
- 2.25 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
- 3.7
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 2.2 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.84
Installed cost and service life
Not published: Installed cost range
NLR REMDB's cost model needs the washer's own yearly energy use, which only ENERGY STAR files — and it lists no matching rating for this model.
Ask retailers or installers for a written quote that names this model number. The yearly energy, water and running cost on this page do not depend on it.
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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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
- Miele PWM908 338 kWh a year
- Samsung WW22K680…A 288 kWh a year
- Samsung WW25B68…A 328 kWh a year
- Samsung WW25B69…A 328 kWh a year
Keep going
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 288 kWh figure covers the washer, the electric water heater and the electric dryer together. This site computed it, not the registry. It uses the registry's IMEF of 2.25 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 2.2, at DOE's test use. The DOE database was retrieved on 2026-10-25. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, the figure is not the machine's own draw. A machine-only figure is not available for this model. Only ENERGY STAR splits the washer out, and it lists no matching rating for the WW22N685*Q*. The figure applies only to the all-electric setup; for a gas water heater or gas dryer, no figure is available here. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
Read the rest
The 2,401 gallons figure 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 3.7. This site multiplied it by the 2.2 cubic-foot capacity and by DOE's yearly test use. The result is therefore a test-condition figure, not a meter reading from any home. The cost of that water is not shown. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so this page does not estimate one. A plumber or homeowner who knows the local rate can apply it to the 2,401 gallons figure directly. The page makes no claim about how water use changes outside DOE's test conditions.
Among the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size, this washer's IMEF of 2.25 ranks 282nd highest of 360. That places it below the class median of 2.76. It is still rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 models in the class sit. Because a higher IMEF means more laundry per kilowatt-hour, this model uses more electricity per cubic foot washed than the median model. The running cost is not stated in this text. It depends on the reader's own utility electricity tariff, which the page computes from the ZIP entered. An installed price range is also not available, because the cost database needs the machine's own yearly energy, which ENERGY STAR does not list for this model. Other models are listed on all clothes washer pages.