VAUGHN THERMAL ME80HPT
3.48 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade C: where this UEF sits among the 194 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
An electric tank, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
If you are checking the VAUGHN THERMAL ME80HPT, it uses 1,426 kWh of electricity a year at the high draw pattern. The draw pattern is the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. That figure is 120 kWh above the 1,306 kWh median for electric tanks at the same draw pattern. It ranks 128th lowest of 194.
Energy use per year
1,426 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 above the median of 1,306 kWh for the 194 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 128 of 194, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (1,426 kWh). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 1,002 kWh Median 1,306 kWh Max 5,334 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
- 3.48 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as an electric tank at the high draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- High 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
- 86 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 74 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2023-09-01 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)
- 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
- Sound level (ENERGY STAR) how loud the unit is while it runs, in decibels as filed
- 54 dB ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
$3,933–$4,404 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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UEF 3.48 · Grade C Price it on your ZIP
This site calculates the 1,426 kWh figure; the registry does not publish it. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the daily hot-water draw that the DOE test sets for the high draw pattern. For this model the UEF is 3.48, taken from the DOE CCD as retrieved on 2026-09-19. The result applies to the test's daily usage, not to any particular home. The registry data does not show how much energy this unit would use in a home that draws a different amount of hot water. The full method, including how the energy figure becomes a cost, is set out in how the annual cost is calculated.
The high draw pattern stands for a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. For this model, the first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 86 gallons. Its rated volume is 74 gallons. The comparison class is the 194 models registered as an electric tank at the high draw pattern. At 128th lowest, this model sits in the second-highest quarter of that class for energy use. A smaller household tested at a lower draw pattern falls in a different class, so none of these class figures would apply to it. To compare units by fuel, space and size, use the water heater selector by fuel, space and size.
The running cost of 1,426 kWh of electricity a year is not given in this text. It depends on your own utility's electricity rate, and that rate is not in the registry data. The page calculates the cost from your ZIP, and you can check it with the cost calculator for your own ZIP. The installed price range appears in its own block, with its source and date. It is a modeled installed-cost range, not a quote. If you are matching this unit, find a same-class replacement by model number starting from ME80HPT. That search keeps you within the electric tank class at the high draw pattern.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19