

Most water heaters have a general life expectancy of about 10 years. When Should You Replace Your Water Heater? If you use the chart above for this label you’ll see this particular water heater was part of the July 2020 production run.

The second letter of your serial number is the month of production. Bradford White Water Heater Age Chart (Month) A=January The first letter of your serial number is the year of production. Bradford White Water Heater Age Chart (Year) A = 1984 or 2004 It won’t be exact, but it should get you close. The production year will not likely be the same as the ANSI date because production years are typically a few years later than the ANSI dates. If you find yourself in a situation where you can’t get the serial number, look for the ANSI date on the label.
WATER HEATER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP PRO
Pro Tip: Sometimes the label is damaged and you can’t read the serial number. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens with that. This table should be good until 2023, at which time I assume they will start over with the letter A for 2024. To check the age of your water heater, simply find the serial number and cross-reference the first letter to the table below. I can’t think of a scenario that you would need to know the month your water heater was produced, but that information is available should you need it.īelow is the decoding chart that Bradford White has posted to their website. The second letter of the serial number corresponds to the month that the water heater was manufactured. The first letter of the serial number corresponds to the year that the water heater was manufactured. The first two letters of the serial number are all you need to focus on. To check the age of your water heater you will need to locate the serial number on the label. While Bradford-White does not print a manufacturing date on the label, they do supply us with their chart so you can easily cross-reference the age of your water heater. Unless you have an obscure unit that has sat in a warehouse for an extended period of time, it’s rare to see a date of manufacturing not be within a few months of the installation date of a water heater. Obviously, the manufactured date and installation date will never be the same on any water heater, but they are typically close. For unknown reasons, some manufacturers refuse to print a calendar date on the label to tell you, the homeowner, when a water heater was manufactured. It does not store any personal data.Determining the age of your Bradford-White water heater can be tricky if you don’t have the associated table to decode your serial number. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

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