LOCHINVAR GCB-30R 4**
0.6 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade F: 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).
If you are checking the LOCHINVAR GCB-30R 4** against its registry entry, it uses 185 therms of natural gas a year. That figure belongs to the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It is 0 therms from the class median of 185 therms.
Energy use per year
185 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 equal to the median of 185 therms for the 288 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 89 of 288, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (185 therms). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 148 therms Median 185 therms Max 194 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
- 0.6 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
- 62 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 29 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's rated tank size lies outside the range NLR REMDB's cost model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it.
The annual energy figure on this page does not depend on this range and is unaffected.
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 · 2026-09-24What these figures mean
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UEF 0.6 · Grade F Price it on your ZIP
The registry lists this gas tank model with a UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used. That UEF is 0.6. This site combined it with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. The result is 185 therms of natural gas a year. The registry does not publish that annual figure; this site computed it from data retrieved 2026-09-19 from the DOE CCD. The class is the 288 models registered as a gas tank at the medium draw pattern, and its median is 185 therms. This model differs from that median by 0 therms. It ranks 89th lowest in energy use of 288, in the second-lowest quarter of its class.
The first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 62 gallons. The rated volume is 29 gallons. Those ratings suit a household whose hot-water use resembles the medium draw pattern, the basis of the 185 therms figure. The unit suits less a household that needs more than 62 gallons in a single busy hour. The 185 therms figure holds only at the federal test's daily draw. This page has no figure for another draw pattern. To compare other fuels, sizes or space limits, use the water heater selector.
The running cost is not stated here, because it depends on your state's average residential gas price. No running cost is stated for the LOCHINVAR GCB-30R 4** until a rate is applied. The cost calculator applies that price, taken from your ZIP, to the 185 therms of this model. The page on how the annual cost is calculated sets out the steps. An installed price range for the GCB-30R 4** is not published. Its ratings lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on, and that range is not stretched past it. To look at similar units, you can find a same-class replacement by model number.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19