AMERICAN HPTS-50 2**
3.8 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade A: where this UEF sits among the 426 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
An electric tank, medium draw pattern (a typical three- or four-person household, about 55 gallons on a busy morning).
If you are checking the AMERICAN HPTS-50 2**, this electric tank uses 855 kWh of electricity a year. That figure applies at the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It sits 2,676 kWh below its class median of 3,531 kWh, ranking 16th lowest of 426 models.
Energy use per year
855 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 3,531 kWh for the 426 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 16 of 426, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (855 kWh). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 773 kWh Median 3,531 kWh Max 3,569 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
- 3.8 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as an electric tank 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
- 65 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 46 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2022-06-06 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
$3,062–$4,459 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 · 2026-09-24Does 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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What this brand files, by heater type.
UEF 3.8 · Grade A Price it on your ZIP
The 855 kWh figure is computed by this site, not taken from the registry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the daily hot-water draw the DOE test sets for the medium draw pattern. This model's UEF is 3.8, as listed in the DOE Compliance Certification Database (CCD), retrieved 2026-09-19. The figure therefore holds only at that test draw. A household that uses more hot water than the medium pattern assumes will use more electricity than 855 kWh. One that uses less will use less. The registry does not report how far real use departs from the test, so that difference is not available here. The steps are set out in how the annual cost is calculated.
The comparison class is the 426 models registered as an electric tank at the medium draw pattern. Within that class, this model's 855 kWh places it 16th lowest at the same test draw. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 65 gallons. Its rated volume is 46 gallons. A household whose peak morning demand fits within 65 gallons matches the conditions behind these figures. A household with a larger peak demand falls outside the medium pattern, and the energy figure above does not describe its use. To compare units of other sizes or fuels, use the water heater selector by fuel, space and size.
The text gives no running cost because the cost depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. At 855 kWh a year under the medium draw pattern, the cost equals that energy multiplied by your rate per kWh. Rates differ between utilities and tariffs, so the page computes the cost from your ZIP in the running cost calculator for your ZIP. The installed price range appears in its own block with its source and date. It is a modeled range, not a quote. If you are matching a replacement for the HPTS-50 2**, the same-class replacement search by model number lists units from the same electric tank, medium draw pattern class.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19