Most efficient 80-gallon electric water heaters
Electric tanks filed at 75 to 85 gallons, ranked by filed UEF inside each draw pattern.
40 80-gallon electric water heaters are on file. Ranked by filed UEF inside each draw pattern, the most efficient at the high draw pattern is the GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 (UEF 4.5).
Editor's note
Both heat pump and resistance tanks are in this list, because the registry files them as one type; the heat pumps rank first on UEF because they move heat rather than make it.
High draw pattern
a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap — 40 models, top 25 shown, highest UEF first.
- Rank 1: GE Profile PH80S10BNY01 UEF 4.5
- Rank 2: GE Profile PH80S10BPY01 UEF 4.4
- Tied at rank 3: BRADFORD WHITE RE2HP80**-1NCTT UEF 4
- Tied at rank 3: JETGLAS RE2HP80**-1NCTT UEF 4
- Tied at rank 3: Midea US3-RSJ-15/300RDVN3-L4 UEF 4
- Tied at rank 3: RINNAI REHP80BM UEF 4
- Tied at rank 3: RINNAI REHP80W UEF 4
- Tied at rank 3: RINNAI US3-RSJ-15/300RDVN3-L4 UEF 4
- Tied at rank 9: A. O. SMITH HPTA-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: A. O. SMITH HPTS-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: AMERICAN HPTA-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: AMERICAN HPTS-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: LOCHINVAR HPTA-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: LOCHINVAR HPTS-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: RELIANCE WATER HEATERS HPTA-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: RELIANCE WATER HEATERS HPTS-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: STATE HPTA-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 9: STATE HPTS-80 2** UEF 3.88
- Tied at rank 19: Reclaim Energy MP80F-RC UEF 3.8
- Tied at rank 19: VAUGHN THERMAL MP80F-RC UEF 3.8
- Tied at rank 21: BRADFORD WHITE RE2H80T*-***** UEF 3.59
- Tied at rank 21: JETGLAS RE2H80T*-***** UEF 3.59
- Tied at rank 23: GE Profile PF80S10FPY01 UEF 3.5
- Tied at rank 23: VAUGHN THERMAL MP80FHPT UEF 3.5
- Tied at rank 25: A. O. SMITH FPTU-80 1** UEF 3.45
10 more models in this draw pattern also file UEF 3.45; the list stops at 25, not at a difference.
How this list is ranked
One filed figure decides the order, inside one draw pattern at a time — the only scope where it compares. Models that file the same figure share a rank, shown as =N. A draw pattern is ranked only when it holds at least eight models and their figures spread by at least 8%; models named in a CPSC recall are left out.
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