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Lennox WHES050S45TN240S****

0.92 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
G

Grade G: 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 Lennox WHES050S45TN240S****, an electric tank, it uses 3,531 kWh of electricity a year. That figure is for the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It equals the class median of 3,531 kWh for electric tanks at that draw pattern, a difference of 0 kWh.


Energy use per year

3,531 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 equal to the median of 3,531 kWh for the 426 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 213 of 426, lowest energy first.

This model: 3,531 kWh

Solid line: this model (3,531 kWh). Dashed line: the class median.

Min 773 kWh Median 3,531 kWh Max 3,569 kWh

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
0.92 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
60 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
45 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

What it costs to install

$1,721–$2,028 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 3,531 kWh figure does not appear in the registry itself. This site calculated it from the model's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, and the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. This model's UEF is 0.92. The source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The class is the 426 models registered as an electric tank at the medium draw pattern. This model ranks 213th lowest for energy use in that class. Its figure matches the class median of 3,531 kWh, a difference of 0 kWh. The steps behind the annual figure are explained in how the annual energy and cost are calculated.

The medium draw pattern represents a typical household's hot-water use on the federal test. This model's first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 60 gallons. Its rated volume is 45 gallons. The 3,531 kWh figure applies to a home whose daily hot-water use matches that test pattern. A home that uses more hot water than the medium pattern will use more energy than 3,531 kWh. This data does not show how much more. A home that uses less will use less energy, and that amount is not available here either. To compare models by fuel, space and size, use the water heater selector. To match this unit's class, find a same-class replacement by model number.

The running cost is not given in this text. It depends on your own utility's electricity tariff, which varies by provider and plan. The page multiplies this model's 3,531 kWh a year by the rate for your ZIP in the cost calculator for your own ZIP. The class median is also 3,531 kWh. At the same tariff, a model at the median would therefore have the same calculated cost, because the difference is 0 kWh. Your actual yearly bill also depends on your household's real hot-water use, which is not available in this data. The installed price range appears in its own block, with its source and date. It is a modeled installed-cost range, not a quote, so its figures are not repeated here.

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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