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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
Aquamax Water Heaters,Victoria, Australia
Beasley Water Heaters, Devon Park, South Australia
Bosch Water Heaters
Dux Hot Water Heaters - Dux Range
Edwards Solar Water Heaters, Edwards Solar Hot Water since 1963
Quantum Heat Pumps, Quantum Energy Technologies
Rheem Water Heaters
Rinnai Water Heaters, Rinnai Australia since 1971
Solar Ark water heaters
Solhart water heaters
Stiebel Water Heaters, Stiebel Eltron Hot Water, Melbourne, Sidney, Brisbane Australia since 1996
Vulcan Water Heaters, Vulcan Hot Water, Hot Water System Range,
Zip Hot Water Systems
New Zealand Water Heater Manufacturers & Distributors
Branz solar water heaters, Moonshine Road, Judgeford, Porirua City 5381, New Zealand
Post: Private Bag 50 908, Porirua 5240, New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 237 1170
Fax: +64 4 237 1171
Email: branz@branz.co.nz, Website: www.branz.co.nz The company offers a for-fee public help line: Tel: 0900 5 90 90 (calls cost $1.99/min + GST)
Hermetic New Zealand, Hermetic New Zealand (A Division of Rheem New Zealand Limited)
475 Rosebank Road, Avondale
Auckland, New Zealand 1026
P.O. Box 19011
Avondale, Auckland 1746
Telephone: +64 9 829 0440
Rheem Water Heaters, New Zealand, 475 Rosebank Rd, Avondale Auckland, PO BOX 19011, Avondale Auckland New Zealand, Tel: +64 09 829 0200, Website: http://www.rheem.co.nz
Solar Peak New Zealand Water Heaters, Auckland NZ, SolarPeak Auckland, Freephone: 0508 468 928 Contact:Glenn Harvey. Cell: 021328538 [Numerous other locations in New Zealand - Ed.] - Website: www.solarpeak.co
Stiebel Water Heaters, New Zealand
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
Andrews Water Heaters, Andrews Water Heaters
Baxi Commercial Division
Wood Lane
Erdington
Birmingham
B24 9QP
United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0) 845 070 1055, Website: http://www.andrewswaterheaters.co.uk
Genersys Solar, Thermo Solar water heaters, Thermosolar Ltd
Unit 7
179 Whiteladies Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 2AG,
Tel: 0844 850 850 8, Website: http://www.genersys-solar.com/
In Germany:
Thermosolar AG
Neustadt 449
84028 Landshut
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)871 9657 009-0
Fax: +49 (0) 9405 9192-52
www.thermosolar.com
Hamworthy Commercial Water Heaters,
Tel: 0845 450 2865 Email: sales@hamworthy-heating.com, Website: http://www.hamworthy-heating.com/ [This Website wants to insert cookies in your browser - Ed.]
Redring Water Heaters, Redring Xpelair Group Ltd
Newcombe House
Newcombe Way
Orton Southgate
Peterborough
PE2 6SE, Website: http://www.redring.co.uk, Tel: 0844 372 7761
Santon Water Heaters, Santon
Hurricane Way
Norwich
Norfolk
NR6 6EA
01603 420100, Website: http://www.santon.co.uk, Santon is a trading name of Baxi Heating UK Limited.
Valiant Water Heaters (German brand sold in the U.K.), Technical helpline – Homeowners: 0844 7360049 Email: technical@vaillant.co.uk, Website: http://www.vaillant.co.uk
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,
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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.
HEAT-TRANSFER FLUIDS for SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS [PDF] , U.S. DOE, describes the types of fluids selected to transfer heat between the solar collector and the hot water in storage tanks in a building. These include air, water, water with glycol antifreeze mixtures (needed when using solar hot water systems in freezing climates), hydrocarbon oils, and refrigerants or silicones for heat transfer.
SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM FREEZE PROTECTION [PDF] , U.S. DOE,using antifreeze mixture in solar water heaters (or other freeze-resistant heat transfer fluids), as well as piping to permit draining the solar collector and piping system.
www.energysavers.gov/your_home/water_heating/index.cfm/mytopic=12850 is the base U.S. DOE website for these article
"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
Owner%20Water%20Heater%20Safety%20Notice%203-6-102.pdf
Quoting: Water heater safety is imperative to the occupants of a building or structure. If improperly installed, water heaters can be detrimental to the structure, as well as being potentially fatal to its occupants. The proper installation of a water heater is so important that according to Texas State Law all water heater installations must be inspected by a state licensed plumbing inspector.
[20] SCALE FORMATION in WATER HEATERS and METHODS of PREVENTION free download as [PDF] Krappe,
Justus Maximilian, Engineering experiment station. Gas engineering bulletin; no. 6; Research series; no. 74; On cover: Engineering bulletin, Purdue university. Vol. xxiv, no. 3a. June, 1940 (Layfayette Indiana) commonly referred to in some references as "Purdue University Bulletin No. 74" - thanks to researcher Robyn Goldstein for the full citation. LCCN: 40028844 & OCLC: 1038544 - Water analysis, water softening, hot-water supply. 27pages.
You can also obtain this document through your local library. (full copy file at InspectAPedia 3/31/2010) Purdue B074 can be hard to locate online.
Also Bradford White Corporation (a manufacturer of water heaters) previously published
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