Novair US3-RSJ-15/190RDVN3-L3
3.75 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade A: 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 Novair US3-RSJ-15/190RDVN3-L3 against the federal registry, this electric tank uses 866 kWh of electricity a year. That figure applies to the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It is 2,665 kWh below the class median of 3,531 kWh, ranking 21st lowest of 426 comparable models.
Energy use per year
866 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 3,531 kWh for the 426 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 21 of 426, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (866 kWh). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 773 kWh Median 3,531 kWh Max 3,569 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
- 3.75 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
- 69 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 47 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2025-05-01 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)
- 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
$3,089–$4,419 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 3.75 · Grade A Price it on your ZIP
The 866 kWh figure was computed by this site, not taken from the registry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. This model's UEF is 3.75. The source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The figure holds only at that test draw. A household whose daily hot-water use differs from the medium draw pattern will not match 866 kWh. The registry data behind this page gives no energy figure for this model at any other draw level, so that value is not available. Treat 866 kWh as a test-condition value that can be compared with other models tested the same way.
The Novair US3-RSJ-15/190RDVN3-L3 has a rated volume of 47 gallons. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 69 gallons. The medium draw pattern models a typical family household's daily use, so these figures describe homes with demand near that level. A household that needs more than 69 gallons in its busiest hour is outside what this rating covers. The data here does not show how the unit performs in that case. The class comparison above holds only among electric tanks at the medium draw pattern. To compare other fuels or sizes, see the water heater selector by fuel, space and size. To match an existing unit, use the same-class replacement finder by model number.
This text gives no running cost because the cost depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. The 866 kWh figure is the fixed input, and your rate per kilowatt-hour is the variable one. The cost calculator for your own ZIP applies your local tariff to 866 kWh. The method behind the annual cost calculation sets out each step. The installed price range appears in its own block with its source and date. It is a modeled range, not a quote, and it is separate from the yearly running cost. This model ranks 21st lowest of 426 for energy use at the test draw. At that draw, on any single rate, its running cost comes out lower than that of a model using the class median of 3,531 kWh.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19