Bosch US3-RSJ-15/250RDVN3-L3
3.9 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).
If you are checking this unit's energy figure: Bosch US3-RSJ-15/250RDVN3-L3 uses 1,272 kWh a year at the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That is 34 kWh below the class median of 1,306 kWh for 194 electric tank models, and it ranks 57th lowest.
Energy use per year
1,272 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 57 of 194, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (1,272 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
- 3.9 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
- 80 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 60 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-10-15 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-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
- Sound level (ENERGY STAR) how loud the unit is while it runs, in decibels as filed
- 49 dB ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
$3,528–$4,692 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 3.9 · Grade B Price it on your ZIP
The annual figure of 1,272 kWh is a calculation by this site, not a registry entry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the daily hot-water draw that the DOE test applies at the high draw pattern. The listed UEF is 3.9. The fuel is electricity, and the source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The class median is 1,306 kWh, taken from the 194 models registered as an electric tank at the high draw pattern. This model sits 34 kWh below that median. It ranks 57th lowest energy use of 194, which places it in the second-lowest quarter of its class. The comparison covers electric tanks at this draw pattern only, and the methodology for the annual cost explains how the figure is derived.
The high draw pattern describes a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap, and the 1,272 kWh figure applies to that use. For this model, the first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 80 gallons. The rated volume is 60 gallons. The figure suits a reader checking a household whose daily hot-water use resembles the federal test's draw. It does not describe a household with lighter or heavier use, because the registry data here gives no energy figure for other draw patterns. That value is not available. A reader comparing fuel, space and size can use the water heater selector, and a reader replacing a unit can find a same-class replacement by model number.
The running cost is not stated in the text, because it depends on the utility electricity tariff the reader pays. The 1,272 kWh figure is the quantity to multiply by that rate per kilowatt-hour, and the cost calculator on your own ZIP does this for the reader. The result holds only at the high draw pattern. Actual household use is not in the registry, so the energy use of an installed unit in a given home is unknown. The 34 kWh gap to the class median of 1,306 kWh is a difference in test-based energy use, and it becomes a cost only at a stated rate. The installed price range appears in its own block with its source and date, and this text does not restate it.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19