Need water heater info

[waksell]

Who makes Whirlpool water heaters? Anybody know how to determine the manufacture date?

[A Dan Leleika]

Originally Posted by waksell

Who makes Whirlpool water heaters? Anybody know how to determine the manufacture date?

Serial Number:
1st and 2nd numbers= year
3rd and 4th numbers= week

whirlpool makes them?

http://www.whirlpoolwaterheaters.com/how/

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeo...r_heaters.html

[sparksnmore]

Pretty sure Whirlpool water heaters are re-labeled American water heaters.

There is a big problem currently with the "fusible" thermocouples going bad on newer models.

http://www.americanwaterheater.com/

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...er_heater.html

[waksell]

I looked at all the information I could find on the web about Whirlpool water heaters.
I found nothing about who they are made by or how to read the date in the serial number.

I did notice that their serial numbers are very similar to American.
Whirlpool serial # 0620127084
I was up against the clock and went with 2006.

I think aleleika and sparksnmore are correct, I wish I could verify this.

[William Warner]

American, Craftmaster, Whirlpool, Pro Line, and Envirotemp all read the same.
1st and 2nd numbers of serial = year. 3rd and 4th numbers = week of manufacture.
So you were correct with a manufacture date of 2006.

Often times you will see just below the serial number the word "Year" corresponding to the 2 digits just above it.