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Whirlpool H18vA753(3B)

460 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 2.76 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.

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

  • WFW560CH**

If you are verifying the Whirlpool H18vA753(3B) washer, these are its figures at DOE's test use. It uses 460 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and dryer, and 4,059 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to its class median.


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) · 2026-10-25

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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
2.76 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) · 2026-04-01

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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

What these figures mean

The 460 kWh figure covers a year of washing and drying at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. This site calculated it from the registry's IMEF of 2.76 and the washer's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.3. The inputs come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database and were retrieved on 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 123 kWh a year for this model. That figure covers the washer and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. The gap between 460 kWh and 123 kWh is therefore the dryer's share at DOE's test use. The steps are explained in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.

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This site also calculated the 4,059 gallons a year; the registry does not publish it. The calculation 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 value is multiplied by the 4.3 cubic-foot drum and by the number of cycles a year in DOE's test use. The result applies only at that test use, and a household that runs a different number of loads would use a different amount. This page does not give a cost for the 4,059 gallons. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure would be an estimate.

The Whirlpool H18vA753(3B) is sold as WFW560CH**. It is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading washers of standard size. Its IMEF of 2.76 equals the class median of 2.76, and it ranks 101st highest by IMEF of 360. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, and 37 models in the class are rated at that minimum. This text does not give the running cost for the 460 kWh, because the cost depends on your own utility's electricity rate. Instead, the page calculates the cost from your ZIP code. You can check other models on the full list of clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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