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Whirlpool H24JAK52(3B)

534 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: 5 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.

  • WFW6720R**

With an electric water heater and an electric dryer, the Whirlpool H24JAK52(3B) uses 534 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use. Anyone checking this model can also confirm 4,720 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 its class.


Energy and water per year

534 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: 140 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.

4,720 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
2.76 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
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

$1,270–$2,277 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 534 kWh yearly figure assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so it includes the dryer's energy for this model. This site computed it, not the registry, from the IMEF and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 5 here. Both inputs come from the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25; see how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated. ENERGY STAR files a separate 140 kWh a year for this model, sold as WFW6720R**. That figure covers only the machine and its electrically heated water. The dryer is the part that 534 kWh includes and 140 kWh leaves out.

The 4,720 gallons figure is also computed by this site, not taken directly from the registry. It uses the 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 5 cubic foot drum and by DOE's yearly test use. No water cost appears here, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates. The electricity running cost is also left out of this text, since it depends on your own utility tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP code rather than stating a figure here. The installed price range sits in its own block with its source and date, as a modeled range rather than a quote.

Read the rest

This model is compared with the 360 models registered as front-loading washers of standard size. The class median IMEF is 2.76, and this model's IMEF of 2.76 is equal to it. Ranked by IMEF, it holds the 101st highest value among those 360 models. In the same class, 37 models are rated at the federal minimum IMEF, and this model is rated above it. The federal minimum value itself is not given in this data, so the margin above it is not available. Other front-loading models of standard size can be checked the same way through all clothes washer pages.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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