LOCHINVAR ATHR-199M 1**
0.95 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade B: where this UEF sits among the 397 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
A gas tankless unit, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
If you are checking the LOCHINVAR ATHR-199M 1**, it uses 178 therms of natural gas a year. That figure is for the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It sits 4 therms below the 182 therms median of the 397 gas tankless units registered at that pattern, ranking 45th lowest.
Energy use per year
178 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 below the median of 182 therms for the 397 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 45 of 397, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (178 therms). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 173 therms Median 182 therms Max 209 therms
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
- 0.95 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tankless unit at the high draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- High DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Maximum Gallons Per Minute how many gallons a minute it can heat while running continuously
- 5.9 gal/min DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-02-01 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
What it costs to install
$2,358–$3,405 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.
- 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
- Vent type and size (ENERGY STAR)
- how a gas unit is vented, the vent's diameter and the height of its vent connector
What these figures mean
How this compares
The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.
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UEF 0.95 · Grade B Price it on your ZIP
The 178 therms figure is calculated by this site, not published by the registry. It starts from the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, which is 0.95 for this model. That is combined with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the high pattern. The registry record comes from the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-09-19. The result describes gas use at the federal test's draw, not in a specific home. Use at a different daily draw is not available in the data. The 4 therms gap to the class median compares figures calculated the same way for all 397 models. That gap places this unit in the lowest quarter of its class for energy use. The steps are set out in how this site calculates annual energy and cost.
The high draw pattern represents a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. The 178 therms figure applies to that pattern only. The registry also lists a maximum flow rate in gallons per minute of 5.9 for this unit. The data does not say whether that flow covers the fixtures running at once in a given home. For a smaller household, the data has no energy figure for this model at a lighter draw pattern. The 182 therms median is also a high-pattern figure, so it is not a benchmark for lighter use. To compare units by fuel, space or size, use the water heater selector by fuel, space and size. To check another model in this class against this one, use the same-class replacement search by model number.
This text does not state a running cost. The cost of 178 therms of natural gas a year depends on your state's average residential gas price. The page therefore computes it from your ZIP, and the cost calculator for your own ZIP shows the result. Your rate also sets the value of the 4 therms difference from the class median. At any gas price, that difference is the gas this model uses less than a median unit at the high pattern. The installed-price range appears in its own block, with its source and date. It is a modeled installed-cost range, not a quote. The data does not show how long the gas difference would take to offset any difference in installed price.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19