Lochinvar Water Heater Age?

[Brian R. Paull]

I can not find the reference to determine the age of a Lochinvar Water Heater. SN is BH6479275 and the MN is DVN051. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Ted Allen]

Hmmm, I have never seen nor heard of that brand of WH.

I wish you luck.

[Doug Edwards]

Call em..maybe they can help you.

http://www.lochinvar.com/default.asp

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by bpaull

I can not find the reference to determine the age of a Lochinvar Water Heater. SN is BH6479275 and the MN is DVN051. Any help would be much appreciated.

Google search turned up http://www.lochinvar.com/ Hope this helps

Roy Cooke

[Brian R. Paull]

Thanks everyone. This is the first of this brand I can remember seeing. I was trying to finish the report tonight but I guess I will estimate the age. Shall I say between 1 and 25?

[gporter]

Email Russell Ray. I bet he knows

[gporter]

It was 1965, 1985 or 2005. They use the same coding as Bradford/Whitehttp://www.inspectorsjournal.com/for...?TOPIC_ID=2542

[Ted Allen]

Originally Posted by tallen

Hmmm, I have never seen nor heard of that brand of WH.

I wish you luck.

Some unhappy sole gave me a red square for this post. ? Strange they did not leave a name.

[gporter]

They never will. I got a neg for a post from a year ago today.

[Ted Allen]

Originally Posted by gporter

They never will. I got a neg for a post from a year ago today.

Yes, but you probably deserved it Mr. Porter.

[gporter]

probably

[Ted Allen]

Originally Posted by gporter

probably

So Mr. Porter how goes biz in this time of crisis?


Here in Tucson we are facing a less than 70% fill rate on the homes built in the last 2 years, which translates into bigtime buyers market or so you would think. The truth is that homes are on the market for 6 mo. + and many HI's and Realtors are gone.

Tons of foolish folks bought ARM loans and they are loosing there homes at a seriously nasty rate.


So, what's a poor HI to do?

Simple realy.. talk to the title companies and the lenders and by gosh you have tons of homes to inspect......


You are all very welcome..............

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by bpaull

I can not find the reference to determine the age of a Lochinvar Water Heater. SN is BH6479275 and the MN is DVN051. Any help would be much appreciated.

Beginning in 1973, Lochinvar started using a letter year followed by a letter month, excluding certain letters.

Letter years:

A - 1973
B - 1974
C - 1975
D - 1976
E - 1977
F - 1978
G - 1979
H - 1980
J - 1981
K - 1982
L - 1983
M - 1984
N - 1985
P - 1986
S - 1987
T - 1988
W - 1989
X - 1990
Y - 1991
Z - 1992
A - 1993
B - 1994


Letter months:

A - Jan
B - Feb
C - Mar
D - Apr
E - May
F - Jun
G - Jul
H - Aug
J - Sep
K - Oct
L - Nov
M - Dec

So I believe you have an August 1994 unit. Now if you were here in San Diego—where I quite often find water heaters from the 1960s and 1970s, still going strong—you might have an August 1974 unit. You would have to evaluate other clues (ANSI date, house build date, etc.) to arrive at the date of manufacturer.

But since you're in Wisconsin, I believe you have an August 1994 unit.

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by gporter

It was 1965, 1985 or 2005. They use the same coding as Bradford/Whitehttp://www.inspectorsjournal.com/for...?TOPIC_ID=2542

Yes, but no, I believe.

My information indicates that while both Lochinvar and Bradford White re-arranged their coding letters, Lochinvar re-started their coding beginning in 1973, whereas Bradford White did not.

For a Bradford White, you would be correct. For Lochinvar, see my previous post.

[James H. Bushart]

I got this from a Lochnivar service tech

If the s/n starts with a letter and then has numbers following it, the letter tells the month, and the first (2) numbers tell the year of manufacture.

If the s/n starts with (2) letters, one tells the month and the other tells the year of manufacture.