Whirlpool H18vA744(3B)
460 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 2.76 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 4.3 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.
- WFW560CH**
Checking the Whirlpool H18vA744(3B)? At DOE's test use, this front-loading washer uses 460 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 4,059 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to its class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
460 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: 123 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.
4,059 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
- 2.76 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
- 3.2
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 4.3 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
$1,243–$2,128 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 · 2026-09-29What 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
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- Summit MFC120-U1421BS/C14E-US 289 kWh a year
- Whirlpool H18vA745(3B) 460 kWh a year
- Whirlpool H18vA746(3B) 460 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
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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 Whirlpool 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 460 kWh figure covers three things: the washer, the electric water heater that supplies it, and the electric dryer. This site calculated it; it is not a registry value. It uses the registry's IMEF of 2.76 and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.3, at DOE's test use. Those inputs come from DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate figure of 123 kWh a year for this model, which is sold as WFW560CH**. That value covers only the machine and its electrically heated water, without the dryer. The two figures are scoped differently. The first fits a home with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. The second describes the washer on its own. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures sets out the calculation step by step.
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The water figure of 4,059 gallons a year is also this site's calculation, not a registry value. It starts from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 3.2 for this model. That factor is multiplied by the 4.3 cubic-foot capacity and by the same yearly cycle count that DOE's test use assumes. A household that runs more or fewer loads than DOE's test use will have a different total. No cost is shown for this water. Water and sewer rates are set locally, and no free national source publishes them. The page therefore gives the volume only, and the price of that water is unknown here.
This model is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading and standard size. Its IMEF of 2.76 is equal to the class median of 2.76. By IMEF it ranks 101st highest of 360. In the same class, 37 models sit at the federal minimum IMEF, and this model is rated above that minimum. Rank and IMEF reflect DOE's test conditions, not the use in any particular home. The running cost is not given in this text. It depends on the reader's own electricity tariff, so the page calculates it from the reader's ZIP. The modeled installed-cost range appears in its own block, with its source and date. Other models in the class are listed on all clothes washer pages.