Richmond Tank (Storage) Water Heaters
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Richmond Essential 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Essential Plus 50-Gallon Electric Water Heater
Richmond Essential 40-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Encore 50-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Premium 50-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Essential 80-Gallon Electric Water Heater
Richmond Premium 75-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Premium Power Direct Vent 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Encore Tankless 130 Condensing Gas Water Heater
Richmond Essential 75-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Encore Tankless 199 Outdoor Condensing Gas Water Heater
Richmond Essential Plus 40-Gallon Electric Water Heater
Richmond Encore 40-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Encore Power Vent 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Encore 50-Gallon Electric Water Heater
Richmond Encore Power Vent 40-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Essential 66-Gallon Electric Water Heater
Richmond Essential 30-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater
Richmond Essential 30-Gallon Electric Water Heater
Richmond Tank (Storage) Water Heaters: buyer's guide
Richmond offers 20 tank / storage water heaters models in the lineup we track. This page is the Richmond-specific cut of the broader Tank (Storage) Water Heaters water heaters category — same product class, narrowed to the Richmond catalog only.
About Richmond
Richmond is a brand in the US water-heater market (parent: Rheem).
For the complete Richmond lineup across all sub-types and capacities, see the Richmond Water Heaters hub.
Richmond Tank (Storage) Water Heaters models we track
- Richmond Encore Tankless Gas Water Heater (RTGH-RH95DVLN) — Richmond-branded version of the Rheem RTGH condensing tankless.
- Richmond Essential 50-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater (6E50-30F3) — 50-gallon Richmond gas — value tier from the Rheem family.
- Richmond Essential Plus 50-Gallon Electric Water Heater (6E50-2) — 50-gallon Richmond electric — value tier electric replacement.
- Richmond Essential 40-Gallon Natural Gas Water Heater (6E40-30F3) — 40-gallon Richmond gas — Home Depot exclusive Rheem-family value tier.
- Richmond Encore 50-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater (8E50-30F3) — Richmond Encore 50-gallon — volume 9-year warranty pick at Menards and Rheem wholesale. Same chassis as Rheem Performance Plus.
- Richmond Premium 50-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater (12VR50FH3) — Richmond Premium 50-gallon — premium tier with 12-year tank warranty. Rheem Performance Platinum equivalent. Heavier anode rod, enhanced insulation, 0.65 UEF.
- Richmond Essential 80-Gallon Electric Water Heater (6E80-2) — 80-gallon Richmond electric — value-tier large capacity.
- Richmond Premium 75-Gallon Atmospheric Natural Gas Water Heater (12VR75FH3) — Richmond Premium 75-gallon — high-capacity premium tier with 12-year warranty. For 5-6 person households or homes with whirlpool bathtubs.
Other Tank / Storage water heaters brands
If you're cross-shopping tank / storage water heaters beyond Richmond, the following brands also ship in this category:
- Rheem Tank / Storage
- AO Smith Tank / Storage
- Bradford White Tank / Storage
- Rinnai Tank / Storage
- Ruud Tank / Storage
- Navien Tank / Storage
- Noritz Tank / Storage
- Bosch Tank / Storage
About Tank (Storage) Water Heaters water heaters
The conventional storage tank water heater remains the volume residential water heater across the US — roughly 75% of all installs. A tank water heater stores 30–80 gallons of preheated water in an insulated steel tank, fired by gas atmospheric burner, gas power-vent, gas direct-vent, or electric resistance elements. Compared to tankless, storage tanks have lower upfront cost, simpler install (no gas-line resizing, no PVC venting), and tolerate higher peak demand events without GPM limits. The trade-off is standby losses (continuous reheating to maintain temperature) and a finite reservoir.
- Gas tank — atmospheric chimney venting, lowest install cost, lowest operating cost where na...
For the complete tank / storage buyer's guide (all brands, full comparison framework), see the Tank (Storage) Water Heaters category hub.
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