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ARISTON GN40T1-3-*

0.59 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
G

Grade G: where this UEF sits among the 288 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set

A gas tank, medium draw pattern (a typical three- or four-person household, about 55 gallons on a busy morning).

The ARISTON GN40T1-3-*, a gas tank water heater, uses 188 therms of natural gas a year at the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That is 3 therms above the 185 therms class median across 288 models, ranking 186th lowest in energy use.


Energy use per year

188 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 above the median of 185 therms for the 288 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 186 of 288, lowest energy first.

This model: 188 therms

Solid line: this model (188 therms). Dashed line: the class median.

Min 148 therms Median 185 therms Max 194 therms

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

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What it costs to run where you live

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What the registry files

UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
0.59 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas 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
68 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

$1,351–$2,012 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) · 2026-04-01

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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 · 2026-09-24

What these figures mean

The figure of 188 therms is computed by this site, not by the registry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, of 0.59 with the daily hot-water draw that the federal test assigns to the medium draw pattern. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The result holds for natural gas and for the medium draw pattern only. The daily draw value itself is not shown in this data, and no figure for another draw pattern is available here. The method behind the annual figure is documented on its own page.

Among the 288 models registered as a gas tank at the medium draw pattern, this unit ranks 186th lowest in energy use. That places it in the second-highest quarter of its class for energy use. Its 188 therms sits 3 therms above the class median of 185 therms, both measured at the medium draw pattern. The data does not show how the other models are spread around the median, so no wider comparison is made. The figure suits a household whose hot-water use matches the medium draw pattern, or anyone checking a listing against the registry. It does not describe a household whose daily use differs from the test's draw, because the 188 therms would then not apply.

Two capacity figures come from the same registry entry. The first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 68 gallons, and the rated volume is 38 gallons. Running cost is not written in the text because it depends on the state average residential gas price where the reader lives. The cost calculator applies a ZIP to the 188 therms figure. The installed price range appears in its own block, as a modeled range and not a quote. To compare against another unit of the same class, find a same-class replacement by model number using GN40T1-3-*.

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

How this compares

The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.


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