Who makes Ruud and WeatherKing?
Ruud, WeatherKing and Sure Comfort are part of Paloma (Rheem Manufacturing Company)'s family of brands, with Rheem. They share one serial-number date code, so one rule decodes them all.
How the Rheem HVAC date code works, with real examples.
Every brand in the family
| Brand | Decoders | About the brand |
|---|---|---|
| Rheem | Rheem started in 1925 making steel drums, sold its first central home heating and cooling systems in 1956 and opened its air-conditioning division in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1970. Japan's Paloma has owned Rheem since 1988. | |
| Ruud | Rheem bought the Ruud Manufacturing Company in 1959. Ruud furnaces, air conditioners and heat pumps come from the same Fort Smith, Arkansas, air-conditioning division as Rheem's and carry the same serial code. | |
| WeatherKing |
| Rheem bought the WeatherKing line from Addison Products in 1990 and sells it as one of its own HVAC brands. |
| Sure Comfort |
| Sure Comfort is one of Rheem's HVAC brands, built by Rheem. |