It is probably time to get it serviced.
American water heater age by serial number.
1 st 2 nd number year 3 rd 4 th number month.
Key american prior to 2001 american was owned by gsw corporation and manufactured water heaters for nearly 50 different brands.
Johnwood gsw moffat superflue medal.
First two digits of the serial number are the year.
Serial number styles formats found are.
American water heaters was founded in 1996.
So the water heater with the data plate shown below is from 2000.
1 st 2 nd.
Some manufacturers including rheem made it easy by incorporating the month and year built into the first 4 digits of the serial number.
Smith in 2001 and currently only manufactures american american pro line premium plus u s.
Craftmaster water heater s can be determined from the serial number.
American water heater rating plates are easy to read.
This means a serial number starting with 9835 would have been made in the 35 th week of 1998.
Water heater serial number decoder manufacturer brand serial ex.
Craftsmaster then the age is encoded in the serial number as follows.
Second two digits of the serial number are the week.
Serial 1 st 4 digits.
Energysaver golden knight knight.
For instance the picture below shows that this rheem water heater was manufactured in december of 1991 1291.
The date of production manufacture or age of u s.
American was acquired by a o.
From 2002 2006 gsw canada was the parent company of american.
Sunday september 9 2018 the first two numbers of the serial number are the year of manufacture of american proline water heaters.
Check for a manufacturer label on the side of your water heater this should include the installation date.
A truflo water heater was made by american tru test or tru value water heaters or by u s.
They consist of 10 digits the first two of which tell the year and the second two of which tell you the week of the year.
How to determine the date of production manufacture or age of american water heater s from the serial number.
8901xxx made in the year 1989 in the first month january.
To determine the age of another manufacturer brand of water heater go to how do i determine the age of my water heater.
Serial 1 st 4 digits.
If the label is missing or the installation date is not listed you can use the serial number to determine the age of your unit.
American water heaters water heater age.
Smith acquired american water heaters gsw in april of 2006.
On older models you can determine the age of your unit by decoding the water heater serial number.
Other manufacturers use different formats but in a similar fashion.
