Rheem Performance Platinum 40 Gal. 10-Year Hybrid High Efficiency Smart Tank Electric Water Heater

Hybrid electric heat pump saves up to $450 in annual energy costs. Built-in WiFi enables control and monitoring at home or away. Provides ample hot water for homes with 2+ bathrooms / 2-4 people.

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9 Reviews For This Product

  1. 09

    by Austin

    been running this hybrid 50 gal for 10days now. according to the app energy use is super impressive . with 3 people each taking one shower per day this unit on eco mode os using about 2.5 kw in each 24 hr period. used 27kw in 9 days thats 3$ in electricity. on that note its awesome verse a standard 4500watt unit. little confused on why the water input port is at almost the front of the unit and the hit output is about 45 degrees to the left of it makes no sence to me. made install harder as trying to put it in spot witout running a bunch of piping the should have been adjacent to each other on the side or rear. the fan does put out cold air so keep that in mind. prob be great in the summer. i love the wifi app for phone. very easy to use.

  2. 09

    by Customer

    My first review wasn’t good due to receiving a defective unit. I’ve now have the second water in service for three weeks and it is working great. The heater, set at 126, is providing adequate amounts of hot water. I’m impressed with the low electric usage. According to the ECONet app it has used less than 10Kwh over the last 6 days. Of course there is only one person using hot water in my house so that helps. So far, I’m very pleased with the water heater. I’m hoping it will prove to be a reliable unit and a good investment. Time will tell.

  3. 09

    by Mike

    Bought this to replace a GE Geospring hybrid water heater that was about 10 years old. Only had the water heater installed for a few weeks now. Installed the water heater myself. Everything went smoothly except for 3 things. 1st, when the manufacturer installed the automatics shut off value, it leaked, this was Rheem’s connection, not mine. I was able to tilt the water heater back a bit while tightening the value about an 1/8 of a turn. It ended up stopping the leak. The 2nd issue was that in the process of switching out the water heater, some water got on the floor. Well, this water heater has a automatic shut off vale when it detects water on the floor, so the automatic shut off kept closing. There doesn’t seem to be an override on the display on the water heater itself. This brings me to the 3rd issue, I had some trouble setting up the app. I could not get it to work on my android phone at first and so I tried my wife’s iphone. I got it to work on the iphone and them my android app started to work. There was a shut off value override in the app. It would have been nice to have an override on the water heater itself. Overall, I’m happy with the water heater. Hopefully I won’t have any issues for a long time. I currently have the condensation drain just draining into a bucket. I’m contemplating whether to drill a hole in my wall for the condensation drain.

  4. 09

    by Zama

    Just got through installing a RHEEM performance platinum hybrid water heater 50 gal. (Model #XE50T10H45U0) with Shark bite attachments to the top copper fittings connected via Pex for a very easy install. Home Depot wanted $825 to install, another local plumber $425. I followed this video on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASJYZS92-Bo&t=687s) with my (Pex materials, clapping, etc.) parts costing around $100 and installed myself with help from my son-Two people make it much easier. Home Depot price for Rheem water heater was $1,299, Subtotal, Discount -$600.00 (on Sale on slickdeals via Home Depot) Shipping $75.00, FL Sales Tax $50.31, Order Total $824.31, Utility rebate -$500=$324.31+ $100 above parts $424.31 TOTAL PRICE, Not bad, Cannot wait for the summer months here in Orlando, Florida to see if this unit will cool down my Non-Air Conditioned Garage.

  5. 09

    by Tracy

    I installed it myself no problems happy with it so far only been in about 3 weeks.

  6. 09

    by Harvey

    My plumber had never put one of these in before, so it took him awhile, but he got it. We have had it a couple months now, and really like it. It has very good capacity for hot water and we keep it about 112°. The only thing I don’t like is when I put it in vacation mode, it doesn’t stay there. It switches back to normal. So I just turn it down as low as it will go. The app is also pretty worthless. It also does not keep it at whatever I change it to. But other than that I am extremely happy with it! If I could figure out how to fix those issues, I would give it 5 stars.

  7. 09

    by Robert

    Best home efficiency investment ever! Replaced a past end-of-life oil-fired 50 gallon water heater that burned a gallon a day ($2.00) for domestic hot water with a new 65 gallon Proterra that consumes LESS THAN 2 kWh ($0.35). Finding the right installer was important, but the unit went in easily. Minting savings as I review this!

  8. 09

    by Kirbinster

    Have had unit for about two weeks and it works perfectly. Bought partly because it fit perfectly in the tight space where my electric unit had been due to diameter being the same. Would have liked 60 gallon version but it would not fit. Have been running it in heatpump mode only, instructions are a little confusing as it says the most efficient mode is hybrid mode and app keeps asking me to switch, but that is false. In heat pump only mode it is most efficient but some might have problems with recovery as heatpump only is slow to recover. We only have two people in the home so there is no problem with two showers and dishwasher and washing machine. Energy usage is at or below the estimated $104 in electric per year versus the same DOE sticker on my old electric which was $565 a year. The only thing I don’t like is both the display on the unit and the app show the setpoint temperature but not the actual temperature, but not a big deal. The data from the app is very useful. I have the unit installed in my Florida garage. That area is quite warm in the summer so I expect it to use even less energy then, and the unit will also provide some cooling of the garage. Those in a northern climate may have to use the hybrid mode as the incoming water temperature is probably much lower and this size unit might not be big enough in just heatpump mode especially in the winter.

  9. 09

    by Mark

    Great product.

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