AMERICAN HPTA-80 2**
3.88 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade B: where this UEF sits among the 194 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
An electric tank, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
Checking AMERICAN HPTA-80 2**? It uses 1,279 kWh a year at the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against, meant for a larger household. That is 27 kWh below the class median of 1,306 kWh among 194 electric tank models.
Energy use per year
1,279 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.
That is below the median of 1,306 kWh for the 194 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 72 of 194, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (1,279 kWh). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 1,002 kWh Median 1,306 kWh Max 5,334 kWh
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
- 3.88 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as an electric 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
- 95 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 81 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-03-01 ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
- Connected / demand response (ENERGY STAR) whether the unit can take signals from your utility to shift when it heats, and by which standard (such as CTA-2045)
- Yes (CTA-2045-A,CTA-2045-B) ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
- Refrigerant and GWP (ENERGY STAR) the refrigerant a heat pump unit uses and its global warming potential, a leak's climate effect relative to carbon dioxide (CO2 = 1)
- R-134a, GWP 1430 ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's rated tank size 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 · 2026-09-24Does it fit your space?
Enter your own numbers below — this compares them to what ENERGY STAR publishes for this model, it does not tell you what to buy.
- Compressor operating range (ENERGY STAR)
- the air temperatures around the unit in which its heat pump runs; outside this range the heat pump stops
- Dimensions (ENERGY STAR)
- the unit's filed height, width, depth or tank diameter, in inches
- Input voltage and maximum current (ENERGY STAR)
- the circuit voltage the unit is certified on and the most current it draws
What these figures mean
How this compares
The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.
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UEF 3.88 · Grade B Price it on your ZIP
The figure of 1,279 kWh is computed by this site, not published by the registry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, of 3.88 with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the high draw pattern. The fuel is electricity, and the source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The result describes the federal test's draw, not measured use in a particular home. A household that draws more or less hot water than the test assumes will see a different total. The calculation is explained in how the annual cost is calculated.
Among the 194 models registered as an electric tank at the high draw pattern, AMERICAN HPTA-80 2** ranks 72nd lowest in energy use. Its 1,279 kWh is 27 kWh below the class median of 1,306 kWh, which puts it in the second-lowest quarter of its class. The high draw pattern fits a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. The registry lists a first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, of 95 gallons, with a rated volume of 81 gallons. This page does not check those ratings against any one household's peak hour. A household with a much smaller daily draw is outside the condition of the figure, and the selector by fuel, space and size covers that case.
Running cost is not stated in the text because it depends on your own utility electricity tariff. Multiplying 1,279 kWh by your rate per kilowatt-hour gives the yearly electricity cost at the test's draw, and the cost calculator that uses your ZIP does that for you. Installed price is not published for this model: its ratings, including a UEF of 3.88 and a rated volume of 81 gallons, lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it. If you need a unit of the same class as HPTA-80 2**, use the same-class replacement finder by model number. Measured use in a specific home is not available.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19