Speed Queen R17
434 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 2.38 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 3.5 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (12)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- AFNE****117***
- ATEE9***178T***
- ATGE9***118***
- FF7011BN
- FF7011WN
- FF7012BN
- FF7012WN
- FF7013WN
- SF7008BE
- SF7008BG
- SF7008WE
- SF7008WG
If you are checking the Speed Queen R17, it uses 434 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It also uses 3,820 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.38, below its class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
434 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.
3,820 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
- 2.38 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
- 3.5 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.84
- More than one filed rating
- The registry lists more than one rating for this model; this page shows the least efficient one.
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.
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- Whirlpool H16bAk31(3B) 248 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 Speed Queen 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 434 kWh figure covers more than the washer alone. This site computed it from the registry's IMEF of 2.38 and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 3.5, at DOE's test use. Because IMEF folds the dryer in, the total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. The DOE database, retrieved 2026-10-25, files no machine-only figure for this model. Only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating. The washer's own share is therefore not available. The registry lists more than one rating for this model, and this page shows the least efficient one. The model is sold as AFNE****117***, ATEE9***178T***, ATGE9***118***. The steps are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The 3,820 gallons figure is also this site's calculation, not a registry value. It uses the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 3.7. That factor is applied to the 3.5 cubic foot drum at the same DOE test use as the energy figure. The result is a yearly total, not a per-load amount. This page states no cost for that water. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost here would be an estimate. A reader who knows the local water and sewer rate can apply it to the 3,820 gallons directly.
Among the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size, this model has the 273rd highest IMEF. Its IMEF of 2.38 is below the class median of 2.76. It is still rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, where 37 models sit at that minimum. The installed price range is not published, for the same ENERGY STAR reason given for the machine-only figure. The running cost is not in this text either. It depends on your own utility electricity tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP. Other models in this class can be checked through all clothes washer pages.