Water heaters in Australia

Water heaters are not new here in fact in 1889 the J. Couston company announced the availabilty of “English Made Instan-taneous Water Heaters, made of strong tinned copper offering a hot bath, any time day or night, in from 5 to 15 minutes”, but the first modern hot water heaters were probably those using components from The Reliance Company in 1949. Reliance continue be active in the water heaters perpherals buiness but the main manufacturer today is Rheem.Water heaters in Australia are required to comply with The Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) which is a national code that is managed by the National Plumbing Regulators Forum and which authorises the use of a “Watermark” on heater which are compliant.”