How old is my Rinnai?

1. Find the rating label. Where to look on each kind of appliance.
2. Take a photo of the whole label, or note the model and serial numbers.
3. Use the lookup below. It is free, and no account is needed. A date is shown only when the available evidence supports it.

Rinnai appliances

How to find the age, the serial number, typical life and parts for each:

• Rinnai water heater (tank)8–12 yrs
• Rinnai tankless water heater15–20 yrs
• Rinnai boiler15–30 yrs

In North America Rinnai sells gas tankless water heaters, an electric heat pump water heater, residential and commercial condensing boilers, direct-vent wall heaters and vent-free fan convectors; in Japan and other markets it also makes gas cooktops, ranges, gas clothes dryers and commercial kitchen equipment.

Rinnai is a Japanese gas appliance maker founded in Nagoya and widely known in North America for gas tankless water heaters. Its North American business, Rinnai America, also sells condensing boilers, heat pump water heaters and direct-vent wall heaters through professional installers.

Owned by

Rinnai Corporation (Japan)

Headquarters

Nagoya, Japan (parent); Peachtree City, Georgia, United States (Rinnai America)

Founded

1920

Product lines

RE Series (non-condensing tankless)

• 1920: Hidejiro Naito and Kanekichi Hayashi founded Rinnai in Nagoya, Japan; the name joins a character from each founder's surname.
• 1974: Rinnai America Corporation was established, later based in Peachtree City, Georgia.
• 1970s: Rinnai also set up subsidiaries in Australia, Malaysia, Korea, New Zealand, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
• 2018: Rinnai began building its first U.S. factory in Griffin, Georgia.
• 2022: The Griffin plant started assembling RE Series non-condensing tankless water heaters.

Every Rinnai check is compared with Health Canada, U.S. CPSC and U.S. NHTSA recall notices.