Ruud 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).
Checking the Ruud PROPH50 T2 RH400-30? It uses 837 kWh of electricity a year at the federal test's daily hot-water draw. That figure is for the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It sits 2,694 kWh below the 3,531 kWh median for its class of 426 electric tank 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
The 837 kWh figure comes from this site's own calculation, not from the registry. It uses the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, and the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the medium draw pattern. For this model the registered UEF is 3.88. The inputs come from the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The yearly total holds only at the test's daily draw. A household that uses more or less hot water than the test assumes would see a different total. The registry does not record how any single home uses the unit, so actual use in a given home is not available here. The steps from UEF to yearly energy are set out on the page explaining how the annual cost is calculated.
Among the 426 electric tank models registered at the medium draw pattern, this model ranks 5th lowest in energy use. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 67 gallons. Its rated volume is 45 gallons. A plumber or seller verifying a listing can check these registry values against the unit's label. If a household needs more hot water in its first hour than 67 gallons, the energy ranking does not cover that need. The registry does not say which homes fall outside the medium pattern, so the reader has to judge that. To check other models in the same class, use the same-class replacement search by model number.
This text gives no yearly running cost, because that cost depends on the reader's own utility electricity tariff. The page works it out from the 837 kWh figure and the rate for the reader's ZIP, using the cost calculator on your own ZIP. The 2,694 kWh gap to the class median is a difference in energy use. Its cost comes from the same local rate, so the page does not state it without that rate. The modeled installed-cost range appears in its own block, with its source and date. That range is not a quote, and it is separate from running cost.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19