US water heater, furnace shipments fell in Nov

US shipments of residential gas and electric storage water heaters and furnaces fell in November by double digits, while air conditioner and heat pump shipments rose.

Residential gas storage water heater shipments were 327,900 units in November, down by 15pc compared with the prior year, while electric storage shipments fell by 9pc to 347,800 units, according to data by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.

Year-to-date shipments of gas water heaters are down by 17pc to 3.76mn units while electric water heaters are down by 7pc to 4.16mn units.

Commercial gas storage water heater shipments fell by 19pc to 5,600 units, while electric water heater shipments fell by 18pc to 9,700 units.

Year-to-date shipments are down by 8pc for gas heaters to 76,500 units and down by 22pc for electric heaters to 109,000 units.

Gas warm air furnace shipments fell in November by 12pc compared to the prior year to 286,000 units, while year-to-date shipments were down by 2pc to 3.62mn units.

Central air conditioners and air-source heat pump shipments were at 697,000 units, up by 5pc compared to a year ago, while air conditioner-only shipments rose by 4pc to 398,500 units and heat pump shipments rose by 6pc to 298,600 units.

By Rye Druzin