Rinnai RE160iN Non-Condensing Natural Gas Tankless Water Heater

WOW! What a great product. Took a bit to install, but the instructions were fantastic! So far, works SO MUCH better than the old tank! and we turned the "hot water heater closet" into a tiny toilet now. Love this thing! Wish we would have done it years ago!

So to start off with this water heater Does not accept returns at the time that I’m posting. They Shipped mine with FedEx and I’ve had bad luck with that company. Luckily, it showed up in really good shape. The venting for the exhaust is really hard to find the right parts. The internal pipe needs to be metal for the non-condensing and it requires a special concentric vent I found some parts on a different website and each one of the connections is really expensive. I have mixed feelings about purchasing this because I didn’t know how expensive the entire process would be. The unit itself. Seems good and has great track record. I just didn’t like that the whole process is really difficult. If you want to go with this unit, I really don’t think it’s a bad unit. I just want you to be aware of the whole process. Also, another note is that it requires it to be plugged in so not only does it need gas, but it will also need electricity and also, you might want to upgrade your gas line to a three-quarter inch and gas valve to be able to give it the proper flow that It needs converting over from a tank water heater. Edit: After one year it’s still going strong and I love it. I just added a video of my install.

Two things which are not readily clear about the RE160: 1) On the RE140 and RE160 units, the temperature can ONLY be set to between 120 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. There is NO WAY to lower the temperature. If you want to set the temperature to 110 or 115, you'll need to get the RE180. Stupidly, the builtin temperature control keypad has up and down arrows, but the down arrow does nothing. 2) The RE160 has a standard 120-volt plug. It does not have the option of hardwiring the unit.. There is no way to remove the built-in plug and bring my existing hardwire cables into the unit. Again, I assumed hardwiring was always an option (like on my old Rinnai R53 unit). But no. You'll note that these two issues ARE NOT shown on the big product feature matrix for Rinnai tankless products on Amazon.

Installed this several months ago. Install is simple if you know what your doing. Works amazing! Now the water heater closet is more storage space. The temperature control is great, you can look up how to override for hotter temps. Saved a lot of space, works excellent. Great unit for the money.

delivered today without stand off bracket ..... Thanks .