The date of production manufacture or age of american standard hvac equipment can be determined from the serial number located on the data plate.
American standard water heater age.
Yywwabcd5e where yyww gives the two digit year and two digit week number of manufacture.
1 st 2 nd number year.
American water heaters was founded in 1996.
Complete water heater index american standard hvac age how to determine the date of production manufacture or age of american standard hvac systems.
Beginning in 2010 the first two digits are the year.
Yywwdabcd5e where yywwd gives the two digit year two digit week 1 digit day within week of manufacture.
3 rd 4 th number month.
Johnwood gsw moffat superflue medal.
Examples of each type are shown below.
8901xxx made in the year 1989 in the first month january.
There are two serial number formats.
From 2002 2006 gsw canada was the parent company of american.
Smith acquired american water heaters gsw in april of 2006.
How to determine the date of production manufacture or age of american water heater s from the serial number.
It is probably time to get it serviced.
American standard 9 digit alphanumeric serial number age decoder.
1 2002 to present if the serial number is a 9 digit combination of letters and numbers that starts with a number then the first number is the year.