Rheem Water Heaters hosted the industry's trade press in a series of visits to its Montgomery, Ala., facility in early February to unveil the Rheem Guardian System[tm], a new line of residential gas-fired, atmospheric water heaters specially designed to meet the new ANSI Standard governing flammable vapor ignition resistance (FVIR). The units will be available for shipment July 1 of this year.
ANSI Z21.10.1-2001 goes into effect July 1, 2003, to address the problem caused by improper storage of gasoline or other flammable liquids near gas-fired water heaters. The new Standard covers atmosphericresidential 30-, 40- and 50-gal. units.