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Whirlpool H22hAg60(3B)

285 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 2.07 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 2 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.

  • WFW4090N**

For a second check: the Whirlpool H22hAg60(3B) uses 285 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 2,478 gallons of water a year at DOE's test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.07, below its class median of 2.76.


Energy and water per year

285 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: 94 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.

2,478 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 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
2.07 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
4.2
Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
2 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

$1,203–$1,934 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 285 kWh figure counts the washer, its electrically heated water and the electric dryer that removes the remaining moisture. This site computed it, not the registry, from the registry's IMEF and the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet. The capacity is 2 cubic feet, and the calculation assumes DOE's test use. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 94 kWh a year for this model. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer left out. So the two numbers differ in scope, and only 285 kWh assumes an electric dryer as well. Our method, using DOE CCD data retrieved 2026-10-25, is set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.

Read the rest

The 2,478 gallons a year rests on IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum. This model's IWF is 4.2, and this site, not the registry, multiplied it by the 2 cubic feet at DOE's test use. Its yearly cost is not stated, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. A reader who knows the local rate can apply it to 2,478 gallons directly. The same applies to electricity: the running cost depends on the reader's own utility tariff, so it is not in this text. Instead, the page computes it from the reader's ZIP.

Among the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size washers, this model's IMEF of 2.07 ranks 306th highest. The class median IMEF is 2.76, so this model sits below it. A higher IMEF means more laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, so this model uses more energy per cubic foot than the median model. It is still rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, while 37 of the 360 models sit at that minimum. The model is sold as WFW4090N**, and these class figures apply at model level. Other washers in the class are listed on all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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