AMERICAN E62-38T-045DV 1**
0.9 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19No A–G grade: Fewer than 8 models share this heater type, fuel and draw pattern, too few for a fair A-G scale.
A short tank built to sit under a counter, medium draw pattern (a typical three- or four-person household, about 55 gallons on a busy morning).
For a second opinion on this listing: AMERICAN E62-38T-045DV 1** uses 3,609 kWh of electricity a year at the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. Its position against a class median is not available, because too few models share this class and draw pattern.
Energy use per year
3,609 kWh a year
Computed by this site from the registry's UEF and the federal test's daily hot-water draw for this draw pattern. What it costs depends on the electricity rate where you live.
Not published: Class comparison
Too few models share this heater type and draw pattern for a fair class median, so no comparison is shown.
The yearly energy figure above stands on its own and does not depend on the class.
What it costs to run where you live
What the registry files
- UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
- 0.9 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a short tank built to sit under a counter at the medium draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- Medium DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- First Hour Rating how many gallons of hot water the unit can deliver in one hour, starting from a full tank
- 55 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 35 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's UEF lies outside the range NLR REMDB's cost model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it.
The annual energy figure on this page does not depend on this range and is unaffected.
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 · 2026-09-24What these figures mean
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UEF 0.9 Price it on your ZIP
The registry lists a UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, of 0.9 for this model. The registry does not list annual energy use, so this site computes 3,609 kWh from that UEF and the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. The fuel is electricity, and the source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The figure holds only at that test draw. It is a standardized value, not a measurement of any one home. The calculation is set out on the methodology page, so a plumber or seller can repeat it from the same two inputs.
This is a short tank built to sit under a counter. Its rated volume is 35 gallons, and its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 55 gallons. The 3,609 kWh figure applies to a household whose use matches the medium draw pattern, a typical household on a busy morning. It does not describe a household that draws more hot water in the first hour than 55 gallons. No figure for other draw patterns is available here. Readers comparing by fuel, space and size can use the water heater selector.
Running cost depends on the electricity rate the reader pays. The data holds no rate, so no cost is stated in the text. Multiply 3,609 kWh by your own rate per kWh, or enter your ZIP in the cost calculator to have it done. The result stays tied to the medium draw pattern, so use above or below that draw will move the cost. An installed price range is not published for this model, because its ratings lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on. To look for a unit in the same class, search by model number using E62-38T-045DV 1**.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19