Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 2.2% in November 2018 to 6,620 units, down from 6,766 units shipped in November 2017, according to AHRI.
Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 31% in November 2018 to 10,125 units, down from 14,684 units shipped in November 2017, according to AHRI.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 1.4% to 86,294 units, compared with 85,121 units shipped during the same period in 2017. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 10.3% to 124,578 units, down from 138,914 units shipped during the same period in 2017, according to AHRI.
Residential storage water heaters
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for November 2018 increased 1% to 341,158 units, up from 337,947 units shipped in November 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 3% in November 2018 to 319,806 units, down from 329,800 units shipped in November 2017, according to AHRI.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 3.5% to 4,109,944, compared to 3,971,350 shipped during that same period in 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 2.3% year-to-date, to 3,860,324 units, compared to 3,772,893 shipped during the same period in 2017, according to AHRI.
Warm air furnaces
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for November 2018 increased 9.6% to 311,635 units, up from 284,397 units shipped in November 2017. Oil warm air furnace shipments increased 0.2% to 4,296 units in November 2018, up from 4,289 units shipped in November 2017, according to AHRI.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 10.4%, to 3,116,118 units, compared with 2,823,080 units shipped during the same period in 2017. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased 2.5% to 33,342 units, compared with 32,538 units shipped during the same period in 2017, according to AHRI.
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