AMERICAN GPVNT-40 1**
0.73 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade E: where this UEF sits among the 414 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
A gas tank, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
If you are checking the AMERICAN GPVNT-40 1**, it uses 232 therms of natural gas a year. That figure applies to the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It is 28 therms below the 260 therms median for gas tank models at that draw pattern.
Energy use per year
232 therms 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 natural gas rate where you live.
That is below the median of 260 therms for the 414 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 33 of 414, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (232 therms). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 188 therms Median 260 therms Max 277 therms
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
- 0.73 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tank at the high draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- High 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
- 91 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 38 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
$2,169–$4,116 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.
Escalation indexes: equipment (BLS PPI) latest available: August 2026; labor (BLS ECI) latest available: April 2026 to June 2026.
NLR REMDB (BLS PPI/ECI escalated) · 2026-04-01Safety 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
How this compares
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UEF 0.73 · Grade E Price it on your ZIP
This site calculated the 232 therms figure; the registry does not publish it. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the high draw pattern. This model's UEF is 0.73. The registry data come from the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-09-19. The 414 models registered as a gas tank at the high draw pattern form its comparison class. This model has the 33rd lowest energy use among them, which puts it in the lowest quarter of that class. The figure holds only at the test's daily draw. A household that uses a different amount of hot water will have a different yearly total. The page on how the annual energy and cost figures are calculated sets out each step.
The high draw pattern stands for a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. This model's first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 91 gallons. Its rated volume is 38 gallons. Both figures come from the same test conditions as the 232 therms result. The rating does not cover a household that needs more than 91 gallons in its busiest hour. A smaller household with lighter use would fall under a different draw pattern. This page does not give this model's yearly energy use at that pattern. To compare another fuel or tank size, use the water heater selector by fuel, space and size.
This text does not state the running cost. It depends on the average residential gas price in the reader's state, so the page calculates it from the reader's ZIP. That calculation uses the same 232 therms at the high draw pattern and changes only the price. The gap to the class median is the 28 therms described above. What that gap costs or saves also depends on the local gas rate. The running-cost calculator for your own ZIP applies that rate. The installed-cost range on this page is a modeled range, not a quote. To check a unit in the same class by model number, use find a same-class replacement by model number.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19