Whirlpool V14CAK515(3B)
759 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 2.06 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A top-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 5.3 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (3)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- WTW8000D*+
- WTW8040D*+
- WTW8500D*+
If you are checking the Whirlpool V14CAK515(3B) against the registry, here are its yearly figures at DOE's test use. It uses 759 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 6,723 gallons of water. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.06, above its class median of 1.57.
Energy and water per year
759 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: 196 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.
6,723 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
- 2.06 Compared only with other top-loading, standard size washers.
- IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
- 4.3
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 5.3 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.57
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,149–$1,708 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 top-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 V14CAK513(3B) 759 kWh a year
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- Whirlpool V14CAK516(3B) 759 kWh a year
- Whirlpool V14CAK517(3B) 759 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Top-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 759 kWh figure is calculated by this site; the registry does not publish it. The calculation applies DOE's test use per year to this model's IMEF of 2.06 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 5.3. Because IMEF includes the dryer, this figure counts the electric dryer's energy as well as the washer's. ENERGY STAR files a separate figure for this model: 196 kWh a year. That covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. The gap between 196 kWh and 759 kWh is the dryer's share under the test assumptions. A home with a gas water heater or a gas dryer falls outside this scope, and no figure for that case is available here. The source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25, and this entry covers the units sold as WTW8000D*+, WTW8040D*+, WTW8500D*+.
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The 6,723 gallons a year is also this site's own calculation. It uses the model's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 4.3. That factor is applied to the same 5.3 cubic feet and the same yearly cycle count as the energy figure. Read it as the volume at DOE's test use, not as a metered household reading. Actual use depends on how many loads a household runs, and that number is not available here. The page gives no water cost. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost would be an estimate. The steps behind both yearly figures are set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated.
This model is compared with the 870 models registered as top-loading, standard size. Within that class, its IMEF of 2.06 ranks 37th highest of 870. Its rating is above the federal minimum IMEF for its class, and 652 of the 870 models are rated at that minimum. The minimum value itself is not given in the data on this page. A higher IMEF means only that more cubic feet are washed per kilowatt-hour under the test. The yearly running cost is not stated in this text because it depends on your own electricity tariff. The page calculates it from your ZIP instead. The installed-price range has its own block, with its source and date, and is a modeled range rather than a quote. Other washers are listed on all clothes washer pages.