Whirlpool H18vA857(3B)
481 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: 4.5 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (2)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- WFW5620H**
- WFW6620H**
Checked against the federal registry at DOE's test use, the Whirlpool H18vA857(3B) uses 481 kWh of electricity a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 4,248 gallons of water a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to the median of 360 standard-size front-loaders.
Energy and water per year
481 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: 139 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.
4,248 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
- 4.5 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
$1,271–$2,294 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
- Whirlpool H18vA855(3B) 481 kWh a year
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- Whirlpool H18vA859(3B) 481 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 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 481 kWh figure was computed by this site, not the registry. It combines the registry's IMEF with this model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 4.5, at DOE's test use. That test use assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so the figure includes the energy to dry each load. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 139 kWh a year for this model. That figure covers the washer and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. The difference between 481 kWh and 139 kWh is the dryer's share under the test assumptions. Neither figure is published here for a home with a gas water heater or a gas dryer. The registry values come from DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25, and how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated sets out each step.
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The 4,248 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, which is 3.2 for this model. That factor is multiplied by the 4.5 cubic-foot capacity and by DOE's yearly number of test cycles. The result describes water use at the test level, not any one household's laundry schedule. A cost for the 4,248 gallons is not stated on this page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so no amount is estimated. The electricity running cost is also left out of this text, because it depends on the reader's own utility tariff. The page computes that cost separately from the reader's ZIP code.
This model 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 IMEF of the 360. It is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. Of the 360 models, 37 are rated at that federal minimum. The minimum IMEF value itself is not available in the data behind this page. A higher IMEF means more laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, so this model sits at its class median on that measure. It is also sold under the model names WFW5620H**, WFW6620H**. Other registered models can be checked through all clothes washer pages.