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Richmond PRO+G38-40N RH69 PD

0.68 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
C

Grade C: 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 this model's rating: the Richmond PRO+G38-40N RH69 PD gas tank uses 163 therms of natural gas a year. That figure belongs to the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It sits 22 therms below the 185 therms median of the 288 gas tank models at that pattern, ranking 5th lowest.


Energy use per year

163 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 185 therms for the 288 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 5 of 288, lowest energy first.

This model: 163 therms

Solid line: this model (163 therms). Dashed line: the class median.

Min 148 therms Median 185 therms Max 194 therms

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

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What it costs to run where you live

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What the registry files

UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
0.68 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
66 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
37 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 · 2026-09-24

What these figures mean

The registry does not list the 163 therms figure. This site calculated it from two DOE inputs. One is the model's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, listed at 0.68. The other is the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. Both come from DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The figure therefore holds only at that test draw. A home that uses more or less hot water will burn a different amount of gas, and this page cannot state that amount. The steps behind the number are set out in how the annual cost is calculated. To compare this unit with another, use figures from the same draw pattern, because each pattern rests on a different daily draw.

At the medium draw pattern, this model ranks 5th lowest in energy use of the 288 gas tank models registered at that pattern. That places it in the lowest quarter of its class. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 66 gallons. Its rated volume is 37 gallons. The medium pattern stands for a typical household's use, including a busy morning. A household that needs more than 66 gallons in its busiest hour would draw past this rating. This page has no energy figure for the model at any other draw pattern. If you are matching a unit already in place, you can find a same-class replacement by model number.

The running cost is not written in this text, because it depends on your state's average residential gas price. At 163 therms a year, your cost is that gas use multiplied by your own rate. The cost calculator on your own ZIP does that arithmetic for you. The 22 therms gap to the class median of 185 therms works the same way: its value in money depends on the same local rate. An installed price range is not published for this model. Its ratings lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on, and the page does not stretch that range past it. The installed price for this model is therefore not available here.

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

How this compares

The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.


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