History
Ruud's history can be traced back to more than 100 years when Edwin Ruud, a mechanical engineer landed in America and built the first ever successful automatic water heater. That achievement laid the foundation for innovating a range of heating and air conditioning solutions in the 1950s.
Rudd water heaters
Today, Ruud has become North America's largest manufacturer of superior quality water heating products and these innovative products are manufactured at its state-of-the-art manufacturing units. The products can be classified into two broad categories that is residential and commercial.
Residential Water Heaters
Gas Water Heaters
- Professional Ultra Low NOx Powered Damper
- This environmental friendly water heater features ultra low NOx burner design.
- Professional Powered Damper High Efficiency Gas Water Heaters
- This particular series of Ruud water heaters offers more hot water at low operating costs.
- Professional Ruud Gas Water Heater
- Featuring superior air filtration that prevents flame arrestor in this series of water heaters.
- Professional Heavy Duty Ruud Gas Hot Water Heater
- This series is equipped to offer double protection through its patented Guardian System™.
- Pacemaker Ultra Low Nox Powered Damper
- This series is known for its energy efficient damper design, which meets Energy Star certification.
- Pacemaker Powered Damper
- Featuring energy factor between .67 and .69, this series offers more hot water at minimal operating costs.
- Pacemaker Series
- Offering low NOx design for considerable low nitrous oxide emissions is this series of Ruud water heaters.
- Pacemaker Heavy Duty
- This series of Ruud hot water heaters are designed to meet demands of high volume applications.
- Power Direct Vent
- This series is completely maintenance free, as it does not contain a filter to clean.
- Power Vent
- The self diagnostic system combined with a quiet blower and flammable vapor detection sensor makes it a feature packed water heater.
- Power Vent with electronic controls
- Offering hot water display and an adjustable set-point is the selling point of this series of Ruud water heaters.
- Pacemaker Direct Vent Horizontal
- Featuring an adjustable coaxial vent that allows more flexibility is this particular series.
- Pacemaker Direct Vent Vertical
- This series comes with factory installed temperature and pressure relief valve.
- Ruud Gas Water Heaters – Master Series
- This particular series is absolutely maintenance free and comes with an environmental friendly burner.
- Indirect Water Heaters
- This particular series is known for its factory installed automatic temperature controls and brass drain valve.
- Warrior Direct Vent
- This series of Ruud water heaters does not require any external vented door.
- Warrior DVX
- This particular model features field convertible controls and can be placed anywhere within the home.
- Ruud Warrior
- This particular series features the exclusive Rheemglass® porcelain enamel tank lining that prevents corrosion.
Electric Residential Water Heaters
- Professional Ruud Hot Water Heaters
- Featuring premium grade anode rod and stainless steel lower heating element in this range of water heaters.
- Marathon Water Heater
- Featuring an high efficiency design in this series of Ruud hot water heaters that are blow molded and prevent corrosion.
- Marathon Thermal Storage Tank
- This series is characterized by its tough molded polyelthylene outer shell.
- Pacemaker
- This particular model of Ruud water heater is known for its patented EverKleen™ self cleaning device.
- Marathon Point-of-Use
- This particular series offers high efficiency heating element and temperature and pressure relief valves.
- Ruud Electric Point-of-Use
- This series is known for its over temperature protector and automatic thermostat that keeps the water at the desired temperature.
- Table Top
- Featuring 36" high top and baked enamel is this particular series of Ruud water heaters.
- Master
- This series comes with the patented R-Foam insulation and EverKleen self-cleaning device.
- Warrior Electric
- This series features an isolated tank design that helps in reducing heat loss.
Tankless Water Heaters
- Ruud Condensing Tankless H95 Direct Vent Indoor
- This particular residential water heater comes with 94% efficiency and also contains stainless steel condensing heat exchanger.
- Ruud Condensing Tankless H95 Outdoor
- Featuring 2-pipe direct vent system is this particular model of Ruud water heaters.
- Tankless 95 Direct Vent Indoor
- This series features next generation burner technology and comes with a flow rate of .26 GPM.
- Tankless 95 Outdoor
- This particular series features concentric vent system with a comprehensive condensate collector.
- Ruud Tankless Water Heater – 84 Series
- This series of Ruud water heaters features OFWTM overheat film wrap and high altitude capabilities.
Solar Water Heaters
- SolPak
- This series comes with single and double collector systems and closed loop glycol design.
- Solaride Passive Solar
- Available in two system configurations, this series comes with tank, collectors, installation kit and heat transfer fluid.
- Ruud Solar Water Heater – Indirect
- This series of residential water heaters is known for its single wall heat exchanger.
- Solar Servant
- A choice of two models is available and temperature and pressure relief valves are also included.
- Solar Servant HE
- Available in two models, this series includes brass drain valve, collector feed and return fittings.
- Marathon Thermal Storage Tank
- This series is specifically designed to be installed as a thermal storage tank for solar and indirect water heating.
Commercial Ruud Hot Water Heaters
Gas Water Heaters
- Spiderfire - Gas Fired Water Heater
- This commercial water heater is designed to offer energy efficiency and savings on operation and space.
- Universal Heavy Duty
- This series features patented multiflue design and multiple water connections.
- Advantage Plus
- Offering a thermal efficiency of 95% and thereby minimizing operating costs is this particular series.
- Xtreme
- This series is known for its multiple water connections and patented diagnostic system.
- VentMaster - Power Direct Vent
- This particular series features non-condensing design that helps prevent corrosion.
- Induced Draft
- Featuring small jacket diameters and patented multiflue design in this particular series.
- Medium-Duty
- The tank is designed to offer durable and long lasting lifecycle.
- Power Direct Vent
- This series of Ruud water heaters is completely maintenance free and comes with protective control system.
- Power Vent
- Featuring long life tank design and new quiet blower is this series of water heaters.
- Hot Water Supply
- This series offers 82% thermal efficiency and energy saving pump control.
Electric Water Heaters
- Large Volume Electric
- This series features ASME construction and glass lined steel tank.
- Heavy-Duty
- Featuring patented L.E.D. diagnostic system and stainless steel elements in this range of Ruud water heaters.
- PowerPack
- This particular series comes with immersion thermostat and L.E.D diagnostic system.
- Eclipse
- This particular series comes with a 10 year limited tank warranty and 85 and 105 gallon capacities.
- Booster
- Featuring the patented LED diagnostic system and immersion thermostat in this particular Ruud hot water heater series.
- Light-Duty
- This series of Ruud water heaters features baked enamel steel jacket.
- Point-of-Use
- This series of Ruud hot water heaters comes with a heavy duty anode rod and porcelain enamel lined tank.