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114-494: Rheem Manufacturing Company is a privately held manufacturer of produces residential and commercial water heaters , boilers , heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The company also produces and sells products under the Ruud brand name. Rheem is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia , and is an is an independent subsidiary of Paloma Industries. Rheem started in 1925 as

228-805: A Compete.com survey. In the US HomeDepot.com has 5 Call centers located in Kennesaw, GA; Atlanta, GA; Marietta, GA; Ogden, Utah and Tempe, AZ. Home Depot online offers in-store pickup and online returns. In 2006, The Home Depot started testing fuel centers at some of its stores. The first two "Home Depot Fuel" convenience stores (C-Store) were located in Tennessee . Four additional prototype stores were built in Acworth, Georgia ; Smyrna, Tennessee ; Greensboro, Georgia ; and Winchester, Tennessee . In 2012, Home Depot VP of Corporate Communication Stephen Holmes stated that

342-554: A 12% market share (behind UTC/ Carrier with 27%, both Goodman /Amana and American Standard/ Trane with 14% and Lennox with 12%), while in the residential gas furnace market as of 2008, the company was also ranked fifth with a 12% market share (behind Carrier with 32%, Goodman with 15%, and both Lennox and Trane with 13%). Ruud was founded by Edwin Ruud (1854–1932), a Norwegian immigrant who lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He developed

456-480: A 75% share. All of the Aikenhead's Hardware stores were later converted to The Home Depot stores. By 1995, sales reached $ 10 billion while operating 350 stores. Former General Electric executive Robert Nardelli became CEO and president of The Home Depot in 2000. San Diego maintenance and repair supplies company Maintenance Warehouse was purchased by The Home Depot in 1997 for $ 245 million. Maintenance Warehouse

570-620: A catalog and online sales, but with five physical locations. The five physical locations were not included in the deal. In December 2020, Home Depot bought back HD Supply for $ 8 billion. In January 2022, The Home Depot announced Craig Menear would be stepping down as the CEO and president effective March 1, 2022, while continuing to serve as the chairman of the board. He was replaced by former executive vice president Ted Decker . In February 2023, Home Depot announced that it would spend $ 1 billion to raise hourly employee wages. As of 2020, Home Depot

684-738: A continuous flow of hot water at extremely low flow rates, unlike high-capacity tankless heaters. In tropical countries like Singapore and India, a storage water heater may vary from 10 L to 35 L. Smaller water heaters are sufficient, as ambient weather temperatures and incoming water temperature are moderate. The Coldest regions in India like Kashmir, people are mostly dependent on the storage type electric water heaters. Mostly 50L or 75L Storage type electric water heaters are connected to overhead water source. A locational design decision may be made between point-of-use and centralized water heaters. Centralized water heaters are more traditional, and are still

798-475: A cylindrical vessel or container that keeps water continuously hot and ready to use. Typical sizes for household use range from 75 to 400 L (20 to 100 US gallons). These may use electricity , natural gas , propane , heating oil , solar , or other energy sources. Natural gas heaters are most popular in the US and most European countries, since the gas is often conveniently piped throughout cities and towns and currently

912-568: A disappointingly small amount of water: about 0.17 US gal (0.64 L) per minute at 40 °C (72 °F) temperature elevation. The energy used by an electric water heater can be reduced by as much as 18% through optimal schedule and temperature control that is based on knowledge of the usage pattern. On April 16, 2015, as part of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA), new minimum standards for efficiency of residential water heaters set by

1026-704: A for-associate charity, is named after the mascot, who since its creation, has been a part of Home Depot culture ever since. This includes signage, advertising, awards, and even a life-size costume for stores to rent out. Homer has a wife, named Daisy. Home Depot stores average 105,000 ft (9,755 m ) in size and are organized warehouse-style, stocking a large range of supplies. Home Depot's two largest stores are located in Vauxhall, New Jersey , which encompasses 217,000 ft of space, and in Anaheim Hills, California , where it encompasses 204,000 ft . The company color

1140-454: A full line of heating and cooling products for residential and commercial applications, including up to 98.7% annual fuel use efficiency gas furnaces, oil-fired furnaces, up to 20 SEER air conditioners, heat pumps, thermostats , air handlers , package units, and indoor air quality products such as media filters, UV lamps , and humidifiers . In Australia, Solarhart, which trades in solar hot water, solar power, and battery storage systems,

1254-595: A good flow . In most other parts of the world, water heating appliances do not use a cold water storage vessel or container, but heat water at pressures close to that of the incoming mains water supply. Other improvements to water heaters include check valve devices at their inlet and outlet, cycle timers, electronic ignition in the case of fuel-using models, sealed air intake systems in the case of fuel-using models, and pipe insulation. The sealed air-intake system types are sometimes called "band- joist " intake units. "High-efficiency" condensing units can convert up to 98% of

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1368-403: A good choice for small buildings. For larger buildings with intermittent or occasional hot water use, multiple POU water heaters may be a better choice, since they can reduce long waits for hot water to arrive from a remote heater. The decision where to locate the water heater(s) is only partially independent of the decision of a tanked vs. tankless water heater , or the choice of energy source for

1482-416: A hair dryer. Electric showers have a simple electric system, working like a coffee maker, but with a larger water flow. A flow switch turns on the device when water flows through it. Once the water is stopped, the device turns off automatically. An ordinary electric shower often but not always has three heat settings: high (5.5 kW), low (2.5 kW), or cold (0 W) to use when a central heater system

1596-447: A house fire or explosion. The second feature prevents tank overheating due to unusual combustion conditions. These safety requirements were made in response to homeowners storing, or spilling, gasoline or other flammable liquids near their water heaters and causing fires. Since most of the new designs incorporate some type of flame arrestor screen, they require monitoring to make sure they do not become clogged with lint or dust, reducing

1710-459: A household at more than one point-of-use (POU), far from a central water heater, or larger centralized models may still be used to provide all the hot water requirements for an entire house. The main advantages of tankless water heaters are a plentiful continuous flow of hot water (as compared to a limited flow of continuously heated hot water from conventional tank water heaters), and potential energy savings under some conditions. The main disadvantage

1824-441: A nominal input of 22 kW (75,000 BTU/h) or less was able to have an energy factor as low as 53%, while under the 2015 standard, the minimum energy factor for a 75-US-gallon gas storage tank water heater is now 74%, which can only be achieved by using condensing technology. Storage water heaters with a nominal input of 22 kW (75,000 BTU/h) or greater are not currently affected by these requirements, since energy factor

1938-599: A packaging supplier to the petroleum industry . The company also manufacturers of water heating and HVAC equipment in the United States. It also produces and markets products in Argentina , Armenia , Australia , Bahrain , China , Chile , Brazil , Canada , Iraq , Kuwait , Mexico , New Zealand , Perú , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , UAE , and Ukraine . The company is named for its founders, brothers Richard "R. S." Rheem and Donald "D. L." Rheem. They were

2052-461: A plant in Sydney to make water heaters. In 1941, the company became the largest manufacturer of automatic water heaters in the United States. During World War II , much of the company's efforts went towards wartime production, including building ships and aircraft parts. In 1954, Rheem brought the introduction of " glass-lining ", which coated the interior of a water heater tank with porcelain to extend

2166-578: A rack, evacuated tube collectors form a row of glass tubes, each containing absorption fins attached to a central heat-conducting rod (copper or condensation-driven). The evacuated description refers to the vacuum created in the glass tubes during the manufacturing process, which results in very low heat loss and lets evacuated tube systems achieve extreme temperatures, far in excess of water's boiling point. In countries like Iceland and New Zealand , and other volcanic regions, water heating may be done using geothermal heating , rather than combustion. Where

2280-435: A sink. They typically use low power heating elements , about 1 kW to 1.5 kW, and can provide hot water long enough for hand washing, or, if plumbed into an existing hot water line, until hot water arrives from a remote high capacity water heater. They may be used when retrofitting a building with hot water plumbing is too costly or impractical. Since they maintain water temperature thermostatically, they can only supply

2394-493: A space-heating water boiler is employed, the traditional arrangement in the UK and Ireland is to use boiler-heated ( primary ) water to heat potable ( secondary ) water contained in a cylindrical vessel (usually made of copper)—which is supplied from a cold water storage vessel or container, usually in the roof space of the building. This produces a fairly steady supply of DHW (domestic hot water) at low static pressure head but usually with

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2508-655: A suburban Detroit store in Harper Woods, Michigan , rejected a bid to be represented by a labor union , voting 115 to 42 against joining the United Food and Commercial Workers . If the union had won, the Michigan store would have been the first Home Depot to have union representation. Your Other Warehouse, a large plumbing distributor with a focus on special order fulfillment, was acquired by The Home Depot in 2001. Your Other Warehouse also supplied two divisions of The Home Depot and

2622-665: A tankless heater, would take about 15 minutes to do this. At $ 1 per therm , the cost of the gas would be about 40 cents. In comparison, a typical 230 L (60 US gal) tank electric water heater has a 4.5 kW (15,000 BTU/h) heating element, which at 100% efficient results in a heating time of about 2.34 hours. At $ 0.16/kWh the electricity would cost $ 1.68. Energy efficiencies of water heaters in residential use can vary greatly, particularly depending on manufacturer and model. However, electric heaters tend to be slightly more efficient (not counting power station losses) with recovery efficiency (how efficiently energy transfers to

2736-399: A water heater specifically designed for solar thermal. In Cyprus and Israel 90 percent of homes have solar water heating systems. The most basic solar thermal models are the direct-gain type, in which the potable water is directly sent into the collector. Many such systems are said to use integrated collector storage (ICS), as direct-gain systems typically have storage integrated within

2850-456: Is a bright orange (PMS 165, CMYK 60M100Y, HEX FF6600), on signs, equipment and employee aprons. Contractors make up only five percent of Home Depot's customers but they account for 45 percent of the companies $ 132 billion in annual sales. To address these contractor customers the company is building new flatbed distribution centers designed specifically to cater to builders that roll up in a contractor flatbed trucks . The Home Depot announced

2964-560: Is a significant delay before hot water is available again. Larger tanks tend to provide hot water with less temperature fluctuation at moderate flow rates. Volume storage water heaters in the United States and New Zealand are typically vertical cylindrical tanks, usually standing on the floor, a 'cylinder tray' or on a platform raised a short distance above the floor. Volume storage water heaters in Spain are typically horizontal. In India, they are mainly vertical. In apartments they can be mounted in

3078-685: Is also called domestic hot water ( DHW ). Fossil fuels ( natural gas , liquefied petroleum gas , oil ), or solid fuels are commonly used for heating water. These may be consumed directly or may produce electricity that, in turn, heats water. Electricity to heat water may also come from any other electrical source, such as nuclear power or renewable energy . Alternative energy such as solar energy , heat pumps , hot water heat recycling , and geothermal heating can also heat water, often in combination with backup systems powered by fossil fuels or electricity. Densely populated urban areas of some countries provide district heating of hot water. This

3192-504: Is an American multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools , construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportation rentals. Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States. In 2021, the company had 490,600 employees and more than $ 151 billion in revenue. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia , with an Atlanta mailing address. Home Depot operates many big-box format stores across

3306-509: Is an industrial supply and distribution company. The company, formerly called The Maintenance Warehouse, provided infrastructure and construction support services for businesses throughout North America. Renamed as HD Supply, the business was re-acquired by THD in December 2020. The Home Depot exclusively carries several major brands, including: Additionally, the retailer sells the following house brands , though it does not manufacture any of

3420-622: Is available or in hot seasons. Higher power (up to 7.5 KW) and lower power (up to 3.2 KW) versions are also made, as well as versions with 4 heat settings or a variable heat setting. Recent advancements in solar water heaters, such as evacuated tube collectors, have significantly improved efficiency, especially in colder climates." (Source: Solar Water Heating - Misplaced Pages ). It should also be mentioned that Countries like China lead in solar water heating adoption, accounting for over 70% of global capacity." (Source: Solar Water Heating - Misplaced Pages ) The power consumption of electric showers in

3534-427: Is delivered to the consumer. (In neither case is the energy expended exploring, developing and extracting coal or natural gas resources included in the quoted efficiency numbers.) Gas tankless water heaters shall have an energy factor of 82% or greater under the 2015 standards, which corresponds to the pre-2015 Energy Star standard. Home Depot This is an accepted version of this page The Home Depot, Inc.

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3648-506: Is effective as of February 1, 2016. Ms. Campbell has been employed by Home Depot for over 30 years, beginning as a cashier in a branch in South Florida . Her most recent role was as president of Home Depot's Southern division. The Home Depot has over 90 distribution centers throughout the United States to serve over 2,000 The Home Depot stores. The domain homedepot.com attracted at least 120 million visitors annually by 2008 according to

3762-459: Is especially the case in Scandinavia , Finland and Poland . District heating systems supply energy for water heating and space heating from combined heat and power (CHP) plants such as incinerators , central heat pumps, waste heat from industries, geothermal heating, and central solar heating . Actual heating of tap water is performed in heat exchangers at the consumers' premises. Generally

3876-409: Is not defined for such units. An 80 US gal (300 L; 67 imp gal) electric storage tank water heater was able to have a minimum energy factor of 86% under the pre-2015 standard, while under the 2015 standard, the minimum energy factor for an 80-gallon electric storage tank water heater is now 197%, which is only possible with heat pump technology. This rating measures efficiency at

3990-631: Is often measured by volume or heat content. Common units of measurement by volume are cubic metre or cubic feet at standard conditions or by heat content in kilowatt hours , British thermal units (BTU) or therm , which is equal to 100,000 BTU. A BTU is the energy required to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. A US gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds (3.8 kg). To raise 230 L (60 US gal) of water from 10 °C (50 °F) to 50 °C (122 °F) at 90% efficiency requires 60 × 8.3 × (122 − 50) × 1.11 = 39,840 BTU . A 46 kW (157,000 BTU/h) heater, as might exist in

4104-522: Is often not sheathed and electrically isolated, in which case isolation is provided by earthing electrodes that directly touch the water before it exits the head. Electric shower heads with sheathed and electrically isolated heating elements are often marketed as such ( chuveiros blindados in Portuguese) and are more expensive. Due to electrical safety standards as well as cost, modern electric showers are made of plastic instead of using metallic casings like in

4218-418: Is often the case) may be dangerous, as the wires can overheat or electric current may leak via the water stream through the body of the user to earth. Increasingly, solar powered water heaters are being used. Their solar collectors are installed outside dwellings, typically on the roof or walls or nearby, and the potable hot water storage tank is typically a pre-existing or new conventional water heater, or

4332-559: Is owned by Rheem Australia. In many other countries around the world, the companies sell numerous types of water heating equipment, under the Rheem, Ruud, Richmond, Paloma, Splendid, and GE brands. Swimming pool-related products include gas-fired and heat pump heaters sold under the Rheem and Raypak brands. Protech replacement parts for HVAC systems are sold through the PROSTOCK retail program. Rheem Califone manufactured audiovisual equipment under

4446-573: Is ranked #26 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. In 2023, the company was ranked 67th in the Forbes Global 2000 . For the Q2 of 2020, the company reported sales of $ 38.1 billion, which represented a growth of 23.4% from the same period, the previous year. The net earnings for the period of three months (ending August 2) rose 27% up to $ 4.3 billion. The growth in

4560-554: Is set up to heat a separate hot water cylinder or water heater for potable hot water. Such water heaters are often fitted with an auxiliary electrical immersion heater for use if the boiler is out of action for a time. Heat from the space-heating boiler is transferred to the water heater vessel/container by means of a heat exchanger, and the boiler operates at a higher temperature than the potable hot water supply. Most potable water heaters in North America are completely separate from

4674-487: Is still sometimes called a geyser in the UK and South Africa. Maughn's invention influenced the work of a Norwegian mechanical engineer named Edwin Ruud . The first automatic, storage tank-type gas water heater was invented around 1889 by Ruud after he immigrated to Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania (US). The Ruud Manufacturing Company, still in existence today, made many advancements in tank-type and tankless water heater design and operation. Water typically enters residences in

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4788-419: Is the cheapest to use. In the United States, typical natural gas water heaters for households without unusual needs are 150–190 L (40–50 US gal) with a burner rated at 10.0–11.7 kilowatts (34,000–40,000 BTU/h). This is a popular arrangement where higher flow rates are required for limited periods. Water is heated in a pressure vessel that can withstand a hydrostatic pressure close to that of

4902-824: Is their much higher initial costs; a US study in Minnesota reported a 20- to 40-year payback for the tankless water heaters. In a comparison to a less efficient natural gas fired hot water tank, on-demand natural gas will cost 30% more over its useful life. Stand-alone appliances for quickly heating water for domestic usage are known in North America as tankless or on demand water heaters. In some places, they are called multipoint heaters , geysers or ascots . In Australia and New Zealand they are called instantaneous hot water units . In Argentina they are called calefones . In that country calefones use gas instead of electricity, although gas powered tankless water heaters can also be found in other countries. A similar wood-fired appliance

5016-741: Is usually achieved using an intermittent pilot together with an automatic flue damper, baffle blowers, or power venting. Direct electric resistance tank water heaters are not included in the Energy Star program; however, the Energy Star program does include electric heat pump units with energy factors of 200% or higher. Tankless gas water heaters (as of 2015) must have an energy factor of 90% or higher for Energy Star qualification. Since electricity production in thermal plants has efficiency levels ranging from only 15% to slightly over 55% ( combined cycle gas turbine), with around 40% typical for thermal power stations, direct resistance electric water heating may be

5130-401: Is very heavily dependent upon the success of the company. Although a longtime deputy to Nardelli at GE and Home Depot, Blake was said to lack Nardelli's hard edge and instead preferred to make decisions by consensus. Indeed, Blake repudiated many of his predecessor's strategies, and it has been reported that the two men have not spoken since Nardelli departed Home Depot. In 2008 and 2009, with

5244-625: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series through their Rheem, RUUD, and Richmond Water Heaters brands. They previously sponsored Kevin Harvick and Harvick's racing team Kevin Harvick Incorporated (KHI), along with Ron Hornaday Jr. , Cale Gale and other former RCR & KHI drivers in the Cup, Xfinity, and Camping World Truck Series . They formerly sponsored James Buescher in

5358-702: The NASDAQ , raising $ 4.093 million. The Home Depot joined the New York Stock Exchange on April 19, 1984. The Home Depot began to branch out of Georgia to Florida in 1981 with stores opening in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale . By 1984, The Home Depot was operating 19 stores with sales of over $ 256 million. To enter the Dallas market The Home Depot acquired Bowater Home Center from Bowater Inc. on October 31, 1984, for $ 40 million. The increased expansion of The Home Depot in

5472-565: The United States Department of Energy went into effect. All new gas storage tank water heaters with capacities smaller than 55 US gal (210 L; 46 imp gal) sold in the United States in 2015 or later shall have an energy factor of at least 60% (for 50-US-gallon units, higher for smaller units), increased from the pre-2015 minimum standard of 58% energy factor for 50-US-gallon gas units. Electric storage tank water heaters with capacities less than 55 US gallons sold in

5586-453: The 1940s, the electric shower is a home appliance often seen in South and Central American countries due to the higher costs of gas distribution, combined with households that in most cases do not support conventional water heaters. Earlier models were made of chromed copper or brass, which were expensive, but since 1970, units made of injected plastics are popular due to low prices similar to that of

5700-812: The EXPO Design Centers. The "EXPO Design Center" division was reorganized in 2001 with three divisions based in the Northeast at South Plainfield, New Jersey , the West at Orange, California , and the Southeast at Atlanta, Georgia . The Home Depot entered the Mexican market in 2002 with the acquisition of the home improvement chain Del Norte. In addition, The Home Depot had begun construction of stores in Mexicali and Tijuana . In

5814-549: The No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Toyota Camry in the Cup Series in 2020. Water heating Domestically, water is traditionally heated in vessels known as water heaters , kettles , cauldrons , pots , or coppers . These metal vessels that heat a batch of water do not produce a continual supply of heated water at a preset temperature. Rarely, hot water occurs naturally, usually from natural hot springs . The temperature varies with

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5928-453: The Rheem, Califone, and Roberts brands. These were used in schools and institutions, and included public address systems , reel-to-reel audio tape recorders , phonographs , as well as Combo organs . Rheem and Ruud also sold re-branded Briggs & Stratton residential Emergency power systems beginning in 2007. All currently operating facilities are ISO 9001 certified. Since 2007, Rheem has sponsored Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in

6042-522: The Southwest Division. He subsequently served as senior vice president of merchandising from August 2003 to April 2007. He then served as an executive vice president of merchandising from April 2007 to February 2014. Until becoming CEO, Menear served as president of U.S. Retail from February 2014 to November 1, 2014. The company had a data breach in September 2014. One major reason for the data breach

6156-531: The US at about 10 °C (50 °F), depending on latitude and season. Hot water temperatures of 50 °C (122 °F) are usual for dish-washing, laundry and showering, which requires that the heater raise the water temperature about 40 °C (72 °F) if the hot water is mixed with cold water at the point of use. The Uniform Plumbing Code reference shower flow rate is 9.5 L (2.5 US gal) per minute. Sink and dishwasher usages range from 4–11 L (1–3 US gal) per minute. Natural gas

6270-540: The United States (including the District of Columbia , Guam , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ); all 10 provinces of Canada; and all 32 Mexican states and Mexico City . Maintenance, repair, and operations company Interline Brands ( The Home Depot Pro ) is also owned by The Home Depot, with 70 distribution centers across the United States. It is the sixth largest United States–based employer globally . The Home Depot

6384-454: The United States shall have an energy factor of at least 95%, increased from the pre-2015 minimum standard of 90% for 50-US-gallon electric units. Under the 2015 standard, for the first time, storage water heaters with capacities of 55 US gallons or larger now face stricter efficiency requirements than those of 50 US gallons or less. Under the pre-2015 standard, a 75 US gal (280 L; 62 imp gal) gas storage water heater with

6498-417: The United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico that serve customer needs for MRO supplies. The brands of Interline Brands include: Online seller of textile and textile goods for the home decor market. Originally founded in 1911 as a purveyor of home furnishings, its online division—only—was acquired by THD in 2017. Online contractor referral service founded in 2009; now called THD Pro Referral. HD Supply

6612-605: The Xfinity Series and Truck Series. Brandon Jones , the son of former Rheem CEO J.R. Jones, currently competes in the Xfinity Series. In 2018 Rheem moved to Joe Gibbs Racing with Ryan Preece & Christopher Bell driving the Machine for 36 races. Rheem also was put on the rear quarter panel of the No. 18 Cup car driven by Kyle Busch as an assosicate sponsor to the No. 18. It was announced In September 2019 that Rheem would sponsor Christopher Bell for an unknown number of races in

6726-403: The advantage of using energy (gas or electricity) at a relatively slow rate, storing the heat for later use. The disadvantage is that over time, heat escapes through the tank wall and the water cools down, activating the heating system to heat the water back up, so investing in a tank with better insulation improves this standby efficiency. Additionally, when heavy use exhausts the hot water, there

6840-419: The availability of air for combustion. If the flame arrestor becomes clogged, the thermal cutoff may act to shut down the heater. A wetback stove ( NZ ), wetback heater (NZ), or back boiler (UK), is a simple household secondary water heater using incidental heat. It typically consists of a hot water pipe running behind a fireplace or stove (rather than hot water storage ), and has no facility to limit

6954-458: The boiler, or by an electric immersion heater (often as backup to the boiler). In the UK these vessels are called indirect cylinders and direct cylinders , respectively. Additionally, if these cylinders form part of a sealed system, providing mains-pressure hot water, they are known as unvented cylinders. In the US, when connected to a boiler, they are called indirect-fired water heaters . Compared to tankless heaters, storage water heaters have

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7068-408: The ceiling space over laundry-utility rooms. In Australia, gas and electric outdoor tank heaters have mainly been used (with high temperatures to increase effective capacity), but solar roof tanks are becoming fashionable. Tiny point-of-use (POU) electric storage water heaters with capacities ranging from 8–32 L (2–6 gallons) are made for installation in kitchen and bath cabinets or on the wall above

7182-501: The circulation pumps. In a drainback system, the water drains into a storage tank contained in conditioned or semi-conditioned space, protected from freezing temperatures. With antifreeze systems, however, the pump must be run if the panel temperature gets too hot (to prevent degradation of the antifreeze) or too cold (to prevent the water/antifreeze mixture from freezing.) Flat panel collectors are typically used in closed-loop systems. Flat panels, which often resemble skylights , are

7296-410: The collector. Heating water directly is inherently more efficient than heating it indirectly via heat exchangers, but such systems offer very limited freeze protection (if any), can easily heat water to temperatures unsafe for domestic use, and ICS systems suffer from severe heat loss on cold nights and cold, cloudy days. By contrast, indirect or closed-loop systems do not allow potable water through

7410-704: The company at its start. The Rheem Manufacturing Company was subsequently organized on January 22, 1930, buying out Pacific Galvanizing. Rheem also acquired the Republic Steel package company, which also had a plant in Richmond. Republic Steel made boilers and tanks, which allowed Rheem to enter the business of water heating. The company acquired the John Wood Manufacturing Company of California, which produced automatic gas storage water heaters, in 1931. The company expanded overseas to Australia in 1939, building

7524-489: The company had no plans for additional fuel centers or growth in that area. The Home Depot offers rental vans and trucks at most of its locations. Blinds.com is an e-commerce retailer of window blinds and window coverings . Blinds.com was founded by Jay Steinfeld in 1993. By 2006, the company was named #186 on the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, as well as the 10th fastest-growing e-commerce company on

7638-399: The company's patent-pending Instafit shade product. In January 2014, Blinds.com was acquired by The Home Depot. Power equipment rental company that prior to 2017 provided equipment to rental departments in over 1,000 Home Depots in North America. Acquired by The Home Depot on July 6, 2017. Interline Brands (renamed in 2018 as The Home Depot Pro) has over 90 distribution centers throughout

7752-474: The consumer has no in-building backup system as redundancy is usually significant on the district heating supply side. Today, in the United States, domestic hot water used in homes is most commonly heated with natural gas, electric resistance, or a heat pump. Electric heat pump water heaters are significantly more efficient than electric resistance water heaters, but also more expensive to purchase. Some energy utilities offer their customers funding to help offset

7866-559: The consumption rate, becoming cooler as flow increases. Appliances that provide a continual supply of hot water are called water heaters , hot water heaters , hot water tanks , boilers , heat exchangers , geysers (Southern Africa and the Arab world), or calorifiers . These names depend on region, and whether they heat potable or non-potable water, are in domestic or industrial use, and their energy source. In domestic installations, potable water heated for uses other than space heating

7980-420: The downturn in the housing market, The Home Depot announced the layoff of several thousand associates, as well as the closing of 54 stores nationwide, including the entire EXPO Design Center chain. Associates at EXPO were allowed to re-apply for Home Depot jobs after the layoffs , and did not lose any tenure if hired back. In the year of February 2009, sales totaled $ 71.288 billion, more than $ 20 billion down from

8094-409: The energy in the fuel to heating the water. The exhaust gases of combustion are cooled and are mechanically ventilated either through the roof or through an exterior wall. At high combustion efficiencies a drain must be supplied to handle the water condensed out of the combustion products, which are primarily carbon dioxide and water vapor. In traditional plumbing in the UK, the space-heating boiler

8208-400: The fewest percentage of units requiring repair among all major HVAC brands according to Consumer Reports . Rheem's market share of the central air conditioner market had been as high as 16% in the 1980s and dropped to about 11% by 2000. By 2008, a report by the United States Department of Energy ranked the firm as fifth in the US in the central air conditioner and heat pump market with

8322-692: The first automatic storage tank gas-fired water heater, which went into production in 1889. Ruud worked for George Westinghouse (1846–1914), but eventually bought the rights to produce the product he invented and formed his own company in 1897. In 1913, Ruud merged and absorbed the Humphrey Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan which also manufactured water heaters. The Humphrey Company had a large manufacturing operation in Kalamazoo, which Ruud continued to operate and expand. In 1954, Ruud moved all operations from Pittsburgh to Kalamazoo where they were headquartered until

8436-423: The first instantaneous domestic water heater that did not use solid fuel . Named the geyser after an Icelandic gushing hot spring, Maughan's invention made cold water at the top flow through pipes that were heated by hot gases from a burner at the bottom. Hot water then flowed into a sink or tub. The invention was somewhat dangerous because there was no flue to remove heated gases from the bathroom. A water heater

8550-496: The goods itself: Home Depot is mainly owned by institutional investors, who own around 70% of shares. The largest shareholders in December 2023 were: The Home Depot Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the company created in 2002. It has contributed over $ 200 million in time, labor, money, and supplies to a number of causes, including Habitat for Humanity , California-based City of Hope National Medical Center , and playground construction organization KaBOOM! Home Depot supports

8664-500: The heat. Tankless water heaters—also called instantaneous, continuous flow, inline, flash, on-demand, or instant-on water heaters—are gaining in popularity. These high-power water heaters instantly heat water as it flows through the device, and do not retain any water internally except for what is in the heat exchanger coil. Copper heat exchangers are preferred in these units because of their high thermal conductivity and ease of fabrication. Tankless heaters may be installed throughout

8778-506: The heating. Modern wetbacks may run the pipe in a more sophisticated design to assist heat-exchange . These designs are being forced out by government efficiency regulations that do not count the energy used to heat water as 'efficiently' used. Another type of water heater developed in Europe predated the storage model. In London, England, in 1868, Benjamin Waddy Maughan , a painter, invented

8892-456: The higher first cost of energy efficient water heaters. Hot water used for space heating may be heated by fossil fuels in a boiler, while potable water may be heated in a separate appliance. This is common practice in the US, especially when warm-air space heating is usually employed. In household and commercial usage, most North American and Southern Asian water heaters are the tank type, also called storage water heaters . These consist of

9006-448: The incoming mains supply. A pressure reducing valve is sometimes employed to limit the pressure to a safe level for the vessel. In North America, these vessels are called hot water tanks , and may incorporate an electrical resistance heater, a heat pump , or a gas or oil burner that heats water directly. Where hot-water space heating boilers are installed, domestic hot water cylinders are usually heated indirectly by primary water from

9120-484: The largest home improvement store in the United States, surpassing Lowe's . In the 1990s The Home Depot searched for ways to redefine its marketplace. The EXPO Design Center subsidiary was launched in 1991 to provide high-end products and design services. A 480-page book Home Improvement 1-2-3 was published in 1995. The Canadian hardware chain Aikenhead's Hardware was acquired by The Home Depot in 1994 for $ 150 million with

9234-516: The late 1990s and "The Home Depot: First In Home Improvement!" from 1999 to 2003. Long-time employee Marc Powers became the head of Home Depot's US stores division in 2014. He took the place of Marvin Ellison, who left to become the chief executive of J.C. Penney . In January 2016, Home Depot announced the departure of Powers as division head, to be replaced by another veteran employee, Ann-Marie Campbell , one of Powers' deputies. The change in leadership

9348-521: The launch of "Paces Trading Company," its online lighting store. In mid-2006, the Home Depot acquired Home Decorators Collection, which was placed as an additional brand under its Home Depot Direct division. In 2006, the Home Depot acquired Hughes Supply the largest home retailer in the United States for $ 3.2 billion. Hughes Supply was integrated into The Home Depot Supply to better serve business-to-business customers. The Home Depot Supply rebranded under

9462-415: The least energy efficient option. However, use of a heat pump can make electric water heaters much more energy efficient and lead to a decrease in carbon dioxide emissions, even more so if a low carbon source of electricity is used. Using district heating utilizing waste heat from electricity generation and other industries to heat residences and hot water gives an increased overall efficiency, removing

9576-631: The life of the tank. One of the most significant events came in 1956 with the introduction of "Rheemaire" central air conditioning and heater systems for homes. This eventually became one of the company's primary business areas. In 1959, Rheem purchased the Ruud Manufacturing Company. In 1968 a plant was opened in Bergum (Burgum in Frisian) in the Netherlands by (among others) Mr. P. Toonstra. The plant

9690-582: The list. In 2009, Blinds.com was given the Marketer of the Year Award by the American Marketing Association , in recognition of its innovative marketing strategy. In response to demand for window coverings that could be installed quickly and easily, CMO Daniel Cotlar led a partnership with a manufacturing vendor to design a window shade that could be installed without tools or adhesive. This led to

9804-540: The management of Interline Brands for $ 1.6 billion. Interline Brands became fully integrated with The Home Depot in August 2016 with the Interline Brands website merging with The Home Depot website. The subsidiaries of Interline Brands are now companies of The Home Depot. In 2017, Home Depot acquired the online presence of The Company Store from Hanover Direct . The Company Store was founded in 1911, operating primarily as

9918-430: The max. heating setting is about 5.5 kW for 120 V and 7.5 kW for 220 V. The lower costs with electric showers compared to the higher costs with tank boilers is due to the time of use: an electric shower uses energy only while the water flows, while a tank boiler works many times a day to keep a quantity of standing water hot for use throughout the day and night. Moreover, the transfer of electric energy to

10032-404: The mid-1980s created financial difficulties with earnings falling by 42% and debt rising to $ 200 million. The financial difficulties of The Home Depot also caused the stock price to fall. To curb The Home Depot difficulties it opened only 10 stores in 1986 with a stock offering 2.99 million shares at $ 17 per share which helped The Home Depot to restructure its debts. In 1989, The Home Depot became

10146-490: The most durable type of collector, and they also have the best performance for systems designed for temperatures within 56 °C (100 °F) of ambient temperature . Flat panels are regularly used in both pure water and antifreeze systems. Another type of solar collector is the evacuated tube collector , which are intended for cold climates that do not experience severe hail and/or applications where high temperatures are needed (i.e., over 94 °C [201 °F]). Placed in

10260-436: The need for burning fossil fuel or using high energy value electricity to produce heat in the individual home. Fundamentally, it takes a great deal of energy to heat water, as one may experience when waiting to boil a gallon of water on a stove. For this reason, tankless on-demand water heaters require a powerful energy source. A standard 120V, 15-ampere rated wall electric outlet, by comparison, only sources enough power to warm

10374-658: The new name HD Supply in January 2007. Five months later The Home Depot sold HD Supply to a consortium of three private equity firms, The Carlyle Group , Bain Capital and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (with each agreeing to buy a one-third stake in the division). On January 2, 2007, the Home Depot and Robert Nardelli mutually agreed on Nardelli's resignation as CEO after a six-year tenure. Nardelli resigned amid complaints about his heavy-handed management and whether his pay package of $ 123.7 million (excluding stock option grants) over

10488-478: The new slogan "How Doers Get More Done" on December 5, 2019, replacing the previous slogan "More saving. More doing." which was introduced in the March 18, 2009, circular, replacing "You can do it. We can help." which had been used since 2003. Other slogans used in the past 25 years include "The Home Depot, Low prices are just the beginning" in the early 1990s and "When you're at the Home Depot, You'll feel right at home" in

10602-416: The panels, but rather pump a heat transfer fluid (either water or a water/antifreeze mix) through the panels. After collecting heat in the panels, the heat transfer fluid flows through a heat exchanger , transferring its heat to the potable hot water. When the panels are cooler than the storage tank or when the storage tank has already reached its maximum temperature, the controller in closed-loop systems stops

10716-410: The past. As an electrical appliance that uses more electric current than a clothes washer or a hair dryer, an electric shower installation requires careful planning, and generally is intended to be wired directly from the electrical distribution box with a dedicated circuit breaker and ground system. A poorly installed system with old aluminum wires, bad connections or an unconnected ground wire (which

10830-517: The peak of two years earlier due to the sale of HD Supply and falling revenue at the retained business. In 2012, they proceeded to close the big-box style stores that they had in China, however, smaller stores that specialized in custom products and that focused on more intimate interactions between customers and associates remain open there. In 2013, The Home Depot established two large distribution centers in Atlanta and Los Angeles . In August 2014, it

10944-635: The point of use. Depending on how electricity is generated, overall efficiency may be much lower. For example, in a traditional coal plant, only about 30–35% of the energy in the coal ends up as electricity on the other end of the generator. Losses on the electrical grid (including line losses and voltage transformation losses) reduce electrical efficiency further. According to data from the Energy Information Administration, transmission and distribution losses in 2005 consumed 6.1% of net generation. In contrast, 90% of natural gas's energy value

11058-426: The previous five years was excessive, considering the stock's poor performance versus its competitor Lowe's . His severance package of $ 210 million was criticized because when the stock went down, his pay went up. His successor, Frank Blake , previously served as the company's vice chairman of the board and executive vice president. Blake agreed to a much more conservative compensation package than Nardelli, which

11172-464: The purchase by Rheem in 1960. In December 2013, Rheem acquired Scottsboro, Alabama -based Heat Transfer Products Group (HTPG). At that time, Rheem had a business presence in 13 countries, and was distributing its products to 75 countries. HTPG, a standalone company, produces the Russell, Witt, ColdZone and Kramer commercial refrigeration brands. In North America, Rheem and Ruud both manufacture and sell

11286-502: The rate at which they can produce it is limited by the thermodynamics of heating water from the available fuel supplies. An electric shower head has an electric heating element which heats water as it passes through. These self-heating shower heads are specialized point-of-use (POU) tankless water heaters, and are widely used in some countries. Invented in Brazil in the 1930s due to a lack of central gas distribution and used frequently since

11400-548: The sales was a result of Americans staying at home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . In the Q3 for 2020, ending November 1, Home Depot reported a revenue of $ 33.5 billion; it represents a year-on-year increase of 24 per cent. The Home Depot's mascot has been Homer D. Poe since 1981 when he was first used in advertising. Gwyn Raker, the illustrator, says, "I designed him to be a funny guy next door who wasn't intimidating." The Homer Fund,

11514-551: The same year the Home Depot Landscape Supply was launched to integrate professional landscapers and upscale plants into a plant nursery retail chain. Home Depot Landscape Supply lasted only five years with only a few stores each in metro Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth . The Home Depot decided to close all Home Depot Landscape Supply stores in late 2007. In September 2005, Home Depot Direct launched its online home-furnishings store, 10 Crescent Lane, shortly followed by

11628-557: The same year, the company acquired Raypak, Inc., which expanded the business into swimming pool heaters as well as commercial boilers. In 1988 Rheem was acquired by Paloma Industries, Ltd., a privately held Japanese company with headquarters in Nagoya, Japan, which wished to expand globally. Rheem was the first residential HVAC company to begin using scroll compressors throughout their lineup in 1994, and all air conditioners and heat pumps continue to use Copeland Scroll Compressors . The company

11742-503: The sons of William S. Rheem (1862–1919), former Standard Oil Company of California president who led the construction of a major oil refinery for the company in Richmond, California . The brothers initially began manufacturing galvanized steel drums in 1925 as a co-partnership with Pacific Galvanizing Company in Emeryville, California . A third brother, William "W.K." Rheem, helped finance

11856-445: The space heating units, due to the popularity of HVAC / forced air systems in North America. Residential combustion water heaters manufactured since 2003 in the United States have been redesigned to resist ignition of flammable vapors and incorporate a thermal cutoff switch, per ANSI Z21.10.1. The first feature attempts to prevent vapors from flammable liquids and gases in the vicinity of the heater from being ignited and thus causing

11970-588: The values that were important to us. Values like respect among all people, excellent customer service and giving back to communities and society On June 22, 1979, the first two stores, built in spaces leased from J. C. Penney that were originally Treasure Island " hypermarket " ( discount department and grocery ) stores, opened in metro Atlanta (in Doraville and on Memorial Drive in Decatur , both near I-285 ). On September 22, 1981, The Home Depot went public on

12084-418: The water in an electric shower head is very efficient, approaching 100%. Electric showers may save energy compared to electric tank heaters, which lose some standby heat. There is a wide range of electric shower heads, with various designs and types of heating controls. The heating element of an electric shower is immersed in the water stream, using an often replaceable nichrome resistive heating element which

12198-571: The water) reaching about 98%. Gas-fired heaters have maximum recovery efficiencies of only about 82–94% (the remaining heat is lost with the flue gasses). Overall energy factors can be as low as 80% for electric and 50% for gas systems. Natural gas and propane tank water heaters with energy factors of 62% or greater, as well as electric tank water heaters with energy factors of 93% or greater, are considered high-efficiency units. Energy Star -qualified natural gas and propane tank water heaters (as of September 2010) have energy factors of 67% or higher, which

12312-430: Was a leading direct-mail marketer of maintenance, repair and operations supplies that could reach customers out of reach by The Home Depot. Atlanta-based company Apex Supply was acquired by The Home Depot in 1999. Apex Supply is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC, industrial pipe and fittings. Apex Supply and Maintenance Warehouse were rebranded in 2004 as "The Home Depot Supply." In 2004, Home Depot employees at

12426-459: Was also first to introduce a 14 SEER remote condensing unit in 1997. In 1998, the company began supplying the Home Depot with a line of GE branded water heaters. In 2009, Rheem and Ruud were the first to sell a Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater, which was more than twice as efficient as similar electric water heaters. Also in the same year, Rheem and Ruud central air conditioners were reported to have

12540-454: Was announced that Frank Blake would step down as CEO and would be replaced by 57-year-old Craig Menear . The change occurred on November 1, 2014. Blake continued with the company as chairman. Menear joined The Home Depot in 1997 and served in various management and vice-presidential positions, until 2003, including merchandising vice president of hardware, merchandising vice president of the Southwest Division, and divisional merchandise manager of

12654-428: Was co-founded by Bernard Marcus , Arthur Blank , Ron Brill , Pat Farrah , and Ken Langone in 1978. The Home Depot's proposition was to build home-improvement superstores , larger than any of their competitors' facilities. Investment banker Ken Langone helped Marcus and Blank to secure the necessary capital . Bernie and I founded The Home Depot with a special vision – to create a company that would keep alive

12768-402: Was known as the chip heater . A common arrangement where hot-water space heating is employed is for a boiler also to heat potable water , providing a continuous supply of hot water without extra equipment. Appliances that can supply both space-heating and domestic hot water are called combination (or combi ) boilers. Though on-demand heaters provide a continuous supply of domestic hot water,

12882-598: Was successful but had to close its doors by the end of 1983. Beginning in August 1970, Rheem began producing Heat pumps and HVAC units for residential applications, based in Fort Smith, Arkansas . In 1983, Rheem introduced the Richmond Water Heaters brand, aimed at hardware stores and home-improvement centers . In 1984, Rheem was acquired by Pace Industries, Inc. The company discontinued containers in 1985, ending 60 years making steel drums and other containers. In

12996-624: Was the practice of entering credit card numbers directly into computers at the service-desk and pro-desk, and in specialty departments including flooring, kitchen cabinets, appliances, and millwork , rather than using POS credit card terminals directly. The practice was stopped, and Home Depot offered a year of free credit monitoring through AllClearID for any customers who requested it. There were also reports of credit card numbers being stolen when used to make purchases on Homedepot.com. On July 22, 2015, Home Depot acquired Interline Brands from P2 Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs' private equity arm, and

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