LG APHWC501M
3.93 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).
Checking the LG APHWC501M, an electric tank? At the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against, it uses 1,262 kWh a year. That is 44 kWh below the class median of 1,306 kWh, and it ranks 56th lowest of 194 models.
Energy use per year
1,262 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 56 of 194, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (1,262 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
- 3.93 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
- 76 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 53 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-03-01 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)
- No 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
$3,304–$4,656 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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Electric tanks that file a UEF of 2.0 or more — the registry has no separate heat pump type, so this site draws the line there.
UEF 3.93 · Grade B Price it on your ZIP
The figure of 1,262 kWh is computed by this site, not published by the registry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, of 3.93 with the daily hot-water draw that the DOE test assigns to the high draw pattern. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The class is the 194 models registered as an electric tank at the high draw pattern, and its median is 1,306 kWh. This model sits 44 kWh below that median. Its rank of 56th lowest of 194 places it in the second-lowest quarter of the class for energy use. For the steps of the calculation, see how the annual cost is calculated.
The high draw pattern describes a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. This model has a first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, of 76 gallons, and a rated volume of 53 gallons. Those two values are the ones to compare with your own busiest hour. The 1,262 kWh figure belongs to the high draw pattern only. A household that uses less or more hot water than the test's daily draw will have different annual energy use, and this page has no value for those cases. To compare units by fuel, space and size, use the water heater selector.
The running cost of this model is not stated in the text, because it depends on your own utility electricity tariff. The page computes it from your ZIP and applies that rate to 1,262 kWh. The cost calculator on your own ZIP gives that result. The installed price range appears in its own block with its source and date, as a modeled range and not a quote, so it is not restated here. If you need a unit in the same class as the APHWC501M, you can find a same-class replacement by model number. Any comparison should use the 1,306 kWh class median at the high draw pattern.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19