AMERICAN HPTV-50 2**
3 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade C: 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 AMERICAN HPTV-50 2** against its registry entry: it uses 1,083 kWh of electricity a year at the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That is 2,448 kWh below the 3,531 kWh median of the 426 electric tank models registered at that draw pattern.
Energy use per year
1,083 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 116 of 426, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (1,083 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 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
- 52 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
- 2023-07-10 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-513A, GWP 630 ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
- Sound level (ENERGY STAR) how loud the unit is while it runs, in decibels as filed
- 45 dB ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
$2,970–$3,660 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 · Grade C Price it on your ZIP
The registry figure for this unit is 1,083 kWh of electricity a year at the medium draw pattern. This site computed it, not the registry. The inputs are the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, which is 3 for AMERICAN HPTV-50 2**, and the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for this pattern. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The class median for the 426 electric tank models registered at the medium draw pattern is 3,531 kWh. This model sits 2,448 kWh below that median. Its rank is 116th lowest energy use of 426, which places it in the second-lowest quarter of its class.
The figure suits a household whose hot-water use resembles the medium draw pattern, a typical household on a busy morning. For that use, 1,083 kWh is the number to compare with the class median of 3,531 kWh. The unit has a first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, of 52 gallons, and a rated volume of 46 gallons. The figure does not describe a household whose daily draw differs from the medium pattern, because it applies only at the federal test's draw. An annual energy value for other draw patterns is not available for this model. A household unsure which pattern fits can use the water heater selector to filter by fuel, space and size.
The running cost is not written here because it depends on your own utility electricity rate. The 1,083 kWh figure is in kilowatt-hours at the medium draw pattern, so multiplying it by your rate gives the yearly electricity cost for that pattern. The cost calculator does this from your ZIP code, and how the annual cost is calculated lists the inputs. At any single rate, the 2,448 kWh gap to the 3,531 kWh median converts to a cost gap in the same proportion. The modeled installed-cost range appears in its own block on this page and is not a quote. To compare against a unit of the same class, find a same-class replacement by model number.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19