Perfect Aire 1PAWH50G
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).
Verifying the Perfect Aire 1PAWH50G? This electric tank uses 866 kWh of electricity a year at the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That is 2,665 kWh below the 3,531 kWh median of the 426 electric tank models registered at the same draw pattern. It ranks 21st lowest in that class.
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
- 2025-10-24 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 comes from this site's calculation, not from the registry. The registry lists a UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, of 3.75. This site combined that UEF with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium pattern. The source is DOE CCD data, retrieved 2026-09-19. The medium pattern stands for a typical household of a few people with a busy morning. If your household uses more or less hot water than that, your yearly use will differ from 866 kWh. This page has no figure for other draw patterns, so we cannot state that difference here. The method behind the annual energy and cost figures shows each step of the calculation.
The registry lists a rated volume of 47 gallons and a first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, of 69 gallons. Those two figures, not the energy figure, show whether the tank covers a household's peak hour. A household whose busiest hour stays within 69 gallons is inside the conditions behind the rating. A household that often needs more in one hour is outside what the rating describes. The data here does not show how the unit performs beyond that point, so that is unknown. The ranking among the 426 models in its class applies only at the medium draw pattern. To compare other units by fuel, space and size, use the water heater selector.
This text does not state a running cost because the cost depends on your own utility's electricity tariff. Rates differ by utility and by tariff structure, and this page does not know your rate. At any single rate, yearly cost is proportional to energy use. So the 2,665 kWh gap to the class median shows up in cost in the same proportion. The cost calculator for your ZIP applies your local tariff to 866 kWh at the medium draw pattern. The installed price range appears in its own block on this page as a modeled range, not a quote. If you are checking this unit against an existing heater, you can find a same-class replacement by model number.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19