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Lists of water heater brands & companies by country

List of water heater manufacturers & sources:

This article lists the companies who manufacture water heaters or who are major distributors of water heaters in various countries including Australia, Germany, New Zealand, the U.K., the USA.

The list provides contact information for each water heater or geyser manufacturer. Page top sketch provided courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates, a Toronto home inspection, education & report writing tool company [ carsondunlop.com ].

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Who are Current Water Heater Manufacturers by Country?

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Knowing who is manufacturing water heaters in a particular country and checking the encoding procedures for those few manufacturers can often help determine water heater age for a large number of equipment brands and models.

Australian Water Heater Manufacturers & Distributors

New Zealand Water Heater Manufacturers & Distributors

Energy Note for New Zealand water heaters: To be sold in New Zealand, gas water heaters must meet minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), effective from 9 June 2011. See http://www.eeca.govt.nz/standards-and-ratings/minimum-energy-performance-standards-and-labelling - retrieved 1/24/14 original source: New Zealand EECVA Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authbority, http://www.eeca.govt.nz/node/8541

U.K Water Heater Manufacturers & Distributors

United States Water Heater Manufacturers & Distributors

See WATER HEATER AGE & MANUALS for details about decoding the age and finding manuals for all brands of water heaters. There we provide a full list with links to water heater manuals and water heater manufacturer contact information and history.

Mr. LeMarr points out that presently in the U.S. the remaining actual manufacturers of domestic hot water heater heaters are American, A.O. Smith, Bradford White, and Rheem companies, though their products may be branded among the many names listed just above.

LeMarr also informs us that water heaters made in Japan and China are entering the U.S. market. Whenever we have updates to this water heater age and identification chart we'll post the latest version of it here.

Water heater label-brands currently distributed in the U.S. include Ambassador water heaters, American water heaters, ACE water heaters, A.O. Smith water heaters, Apollo, Aqua Temp, Aqua Therm,

Best water heaters, Bosch water heaters,Bradford White,

Cafos, Champion, Crosley,

Energy Saver, Envirotemp water heaters,

Fowler water heaters, also producing Republic water heaters,

GE water heaters, Glascote water heaters, Golden Knight water heaters, GSW, Hotpoint water heaters,

JC Penny, Jetglas, JW or John Wood,

Kenmore water heaters (Sears Brand), Knight water heaters,

Lochinvar, Lowes,

Mainstream, Maytag water heaters, Montgomery Wards,

PermGlas,

Reliance water heaters, Revere, Rheem water heaters, Rheem/Rudd/Richmond water heaters, Rinnai,

Security, Shamrock water heaters, Standard water heaters, State/Reliance/Sears brand water heaters,

Thermo-King,

Vanguard water heaters,

US Craftsmaster, US Water Heaters, and

Whirlpool water heaters.


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Citations & Reviewers

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  • G.E. Water Heater warranties and other water heater information can be found online at geappliances.com
  • Lochnivar or some vendors of Lochnivar water heaters provide an online copy of its water heater warranty (01/26/2009)
  • Thanks to Scott C. LeMarr, for sharing his file of keys to decode Furnace and Water Heater Age from the data provided on the manufacturer's equipment labels. Mr. LeMarr is a professional home inspector, Certified Professional Inspector/President, MASTER Indoor Environmental Specialist (MIES). Vice President of Wisconsin NACHI. He and his company, Honest Home Inspections [ Website: www.HonestHomeInspections.com ], LLC. can be reached at 262-424-5587 or by email to scott@honesthomeinspections.com
  • SOLAR WATER HEATERS [PDF] , U.S. Department of Energy article on solar domestic water heaters to generate domestic hot water in buildings, explains how solar water heaters work. Solar heat for swimming pools is also discussed.
  • "Building Owner Water Heater Safety Notice", Building Department, City of Colleyville TX, web search 09/24/2010, original source: http://www.colleyville.com/dmdocuments/Building%20
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