Whirlpool H18vA863(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**
For anyone verifying the Whirlpool H18vA863(3B), it uses 481 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use, counting an electric water heater and dryer. It uses 4,248 gallons of water a year under the same test use. 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
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 H18vA861(3B) 481 kWh a year
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- Whirlpool H18vA865(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
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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.
This site calculated the yearly figure of 481 kWh; the registry does not publish it. It combines the model's IMEF with its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 4.5. The inputs come from DOE's Compliance Certification Database (CCD), retrieved 2026-10-25. The total assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It does not describe a home that heats water or dries clothes with gas. 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 gap between 139 kWh and 481 kWh therefore mainly reflects the dryer's share of the total. The steps behind both figures are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
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The water figure of 4,248 gallons a year is also this site's own calculation, not a registry value. It starts from the model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 3.2. That factor is applied to the 4.5 cubic-foot drum across DOE's yearly test use. A household that runs more or fewer loads than the test assumes will use a different amount of water. The cost of that water is not shown on this page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any amount given here would be an estimate. Readers who know their own utility's water and sewer rate can apply it to the 4,248 gallons figure themselves.
This washer is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size. Its IMEF of 2.76 equals the class median of 2.76. It holds the 101st highest IMEF of 360 and is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. By comparison, 37 models in the same class sit at that federal minimum. The registry lists it as sold under WFW5620H**, WFW6620H**. Its yearly running cost is not stated in this text, because it depends on the reader's own electricity tariff. The page computes that cost instead from the reader's ZIP, applied to the 481 kWh total. The installed-cost range appears in its own block, with its source and date, as a modeled range rather than a quote. Other models of this type are listed on all clothes washer pages.