Trane xe80 age please

[Casey Patten]

I'm looking for the age of a Trane xe80 furnace.

Serial #: N363MPN2G

Tried the online aging chart, but there was no reference to an "N" as the starting digit. Thanks.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Are you sure that is not the model # ?

[Jae Williams]

Prior to 2002 TRANE used a single letter for its mfg date.

S=2001 R=2000 P=1999 N=1998 M=97 L=96 K=95 J=94
H=93 G=92 F=91 E=90 D=89 C=88 B=87 Z=86 Y=85 X=84 W=83


N = 1998

The rest of the numbers refer to the location of the manufacturing plant, the plant foreman's age, his children's birthdays, and things like that.

[Casey Patten]

Jae, thanks...where did you find that? The site I looked at did not have an "N" designation at all. In fact, it jumped from 1988 to 1999.

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by cpatten

Jae, thanks...where did you find that? The site I looked at did not have an "N" designation at all. In fact, it jumped from 1988 to 1999.

I made it up. I don't believe what other people tell me--I only believe to be "actual factual" that which I make up myself.

Acually, I don't know where I got that--many long years ago.

Or maybe last week...it's all so fuzzy since the accident.

[grusk]

TRANE Uses alpha codes in their serial numbers to determine year of manufacture. They started this in 1987 with the letter B and skipped a couple of letters during the years... The first letter of the serial number gives the year of manufacture as follows:

O, A=80(seventh digit) U=82(seventh digit) X=84, S=86, C=88, E=90, G=92, J=94, L=96, N=1998, R=2000

T=81(seventh digit) W=83, Y=85, B=87, D=89, F=91, H=93, K=95, M=97, P=1999, Z=2001

In 2002 they started their serial numbers with the year it was built. In 2002 the first character of the serial number is 2, in 2003, 3 and so on.

Gary

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Casey check your email I sent you some info on most of the models. I was zipping through. I was just asking if it may be a model number . then i looked in the list and seen the n =1998 but the other's had already answered.