Richmond PROPH50 T2 RH400-30
3.88 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).
For anyone verifying this listing: the Richmond PROPH50 T2 RH400-30, an electric tank water heater, uses 837 kWh of electricity a year. That figure belongs to the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It sits 2,694 kWh below the class median of 3,531 kWh, ranking 5th lowest of 426 models.
Energy use per year
837 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 5 of 426, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (837 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
- 3.88 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
- 67 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 45 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-06-24 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)
- No 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
What it costs to install
$3,039–$4,530 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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What this brand files, by heater type.
UEF 3.88 · Grade A Price it on your ZIP
This site computes the 837 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. The calculation 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 3.88. The registry values come from the DOE Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-09-19. The yearly total holds only at the federal test's daily draw. A household that uses more or less hot water each day will have a different total. The steps behind the figure are set out in how the annual energy and cost figures are calculated. This page gives no energy figure for other draw patterns, so none is available here.
The ranking above compares the PROPH50 T2 RH400-30 with the 426 models registered as an electric tank at the medium draw pattern. The 5th place and the 3,531 kWh median apply within that class only. They say nothing about gas units, tankless units or other draw patterns. On capacity, the model has a rated volume of 45 gallons. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 67 gallons. A household whose busiest hour stays within 67 gallons matches the conditions the test assumes. To see other units by fuel type, available space and tank size, use the water heater selector by fuel, space and size.
A household whose busiest hour needs more than 67 gallons asks for more than this rating covers. The registry data does not show how the unit performs under that load. The same limit applies to homes whose daily use differs from the medium draw pattern. In both cases, the 837 kWh total does not describe their use. Running cost is not stated in this text. It depends on the reader's own utility electricity tariff, so the page works it out from the reader's ZIP instead of estimating it. To apply your own rate to 837 kWh, use the running cost calculator for your own ZIP. The installed-cost range on this page is a modeled range, not a quote; its source and date appear in its own block.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19