Super Stor age

[sfalvey]

Help please with Super stor hot water heater age
E02D18018-L

Thanks,

[mnahrgang]

Never heard of Super Stor...

The serial number looks a little like a State Industries number. If that's the case then it's May of 2002.

[sfalvey]

This is what I know as Super Stor.

Is this State Industries?

Thanks,

[mnahrgang]

Originally Posted by sfalvey

This is what I know as Super Stor.

Is this State Industries?

Thanks,

If you are asking me, I honestly don't know. Like I said, I have never heard of them before today.

If you have a picture of the label, sometimes that has some clues.

Be patient though, someone else will likely be along soon that will know, Possibly Russel Ray. He's pretty good with these numbers. So are several others here.

[Jae Williams]

State's first letter is (L)--

Bradford White single letter (E) would be 1988. If it looks new then it is 2008.

Both make a ton of of "other brand" names,

[Jae Williams]

AOSmith uses a letter followed by the year -- in this case 2002.

[Jae Williams]

RHEEM/RUUD
After letter--first four numbers of Serial Number (0286=Feb 1986)
__________________________________________________ _____________
A O SMITH Letter followed by two numbers (800-A-84-12345=Jan 1984)
__________________________________________________ ______________
BRADFORD-WHITE First letter – Year of manufacture (or 20 years earlier)

A 1984 (64) B 1985 (65) C 1986 (66) D 1987 (67) E 1988 (6 F 1989 (69)

G 1990 (70) H 1991 (71) J 1992 (72) K 1993 (73) L 1994 (74) M 1995 (75)

N 1996 (76) P 1997 (77) S 1998 (7 T 1999 (79) W 2000 (80) X 2001 (81)

Y 2002 (82) Z 2003 (83)

Second letter – Month of manufacture

A Jan - B Feb - C Mar - D Apr - E May - F Jun

G Jul - H Aug - J Sep - K Oct - L Nov - M Dec

__________________________________________________ ______________
G/E colors in serial number GENG050243789765 red is month
blue is year
STATE First letter (L) followed by two numbers = year of manufacture

MOR-FLO First two numbers in serial number.
__________________________________________________ _________________

[mnahrgang]

STATE First letter – Month of manufacture

A Jan - B Feb - C Mar - D Apr - E May - F Jun

G Jul - H Aug - J Sep - K Oct - L Nov - M Dec

followed by two numbers = year of manufacture



Hey Jae,
I don't know which one of us is right or not, but I thought state's first letter indicated a month. Followed by two digit year. That's why I was guessing that this brand was another one possibly manufactured by them.

[sfalvey]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

RHEEM/RUUD
After letter--first four numbers of Serial Number (0286=Feb 1986)
__________________________________________________ _____________
A O SMITH Letter followed by two numbers (800-A-84-12345=Jan 1984)
__________________________________________________ ______________
BRADFORD-WHITE First letter – Year of manufacture (or 20 years earlier)

A 1984 (64) B 1985 (65) C 1986 (66) D 1987 (67) E 1988 (6 F 1989 (69)

G 1990 (70) H 1991 (71) J 1992 (72) K 1993 (73) L 1994 (74) M 1995 (75)

N 1996 (76) P 1997 (77) S 1998 (7 T 1999 (79) W 2000 (80) X 2001 (81)

Y 2002 (82) Z 2003 (83)

Second letter – Month of manufacture

A Jan - B Feb - C Mar - D Apr - E May - F Jun

G Jul - H Aug - J Sep - K Oct - L Nov - M Dec

__________________________________________________ ______________
G/E colors in serial number GENG050243789765 red is month
blue is year
STATE First letter (L) followed by two numbers = year of manufacture

MOR-FLO First two numbers in serial number.
__________________________________________________ _________________

Thanks Jae,

Helped me with another one.

Mark, thanks for checking in.

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by mnahrgang

STATE First letter – Month of manufacture

A Jan - B Feb - C Mar - D Apr - E May - F Jun

G Jul - H Aug - J Sep - K Oct - L Nov - M Dec

followed by two numbers = year of manufacture



Hey Jae,
I don't know which one of us is right or not, but I thought state's first letter indicated a month. Followed by two digit year. That's why I was guessing that this brand was another one possibly manufactured by them.

Scott' s heater starts with (E) so I don't think it's State. But heck, I'm more wrong than right anyway.

[mnahrgang]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

Scott' s heater starts with (E) so I don't think it's State. But heck, I'm more wrong than right anyway.

I've got a table document that Barry Adair has on his web site, that he said we could borrow. That table says the first letter on a State was the month. That's why I said I thought it might be a State industries model, under a store name.

I'm doubting myself too. Heck you're more experienced than I.

I'm hoping someone can jump in here and set us straight.

I'm a little cloudy, I've haven't been thinking so good the last couple of days... Last Friday the misses asked me if her jeans made her back side look big. I said "No, it's the size of your ..."



I never saw her swing the bat.

[sfalvey]

In my area, I see these Super Stor units all the time probably 15-20%. I have never worried about the age until this one and never really thought about who makes them.

I guess it will be great if somebody can help decifer this so I have a little better handle on these units.

Thanks,

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by sfalvey

Help please with Super stor hot water heater age
E02D18018-L

Thanks,

I believe it would be the same age as the boiler next to it.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by sfalvey

This is what I know as Super Stor.

Is this State Industries?

Thanks,

For those that have not seen these yet. The Superstor and other similar tanks are an indirect heated (by hot water coils) domestic hot water storage tank. The tank heating coils are fed from a low mass, cold start oil or gas heating boiler and are simply another zone with its own pump off the boiler........the most efficient way to heat hot water and heat the house from a single boiler.

[Russel Ray]

May 2002.

However, the casing looks like it's from the mid to late 1970s. I suspect that the water heater was renovated in May 2002, which resulted in the new tag. If you look at the burners and probably the thermostat, they probably look like 2002 units rather than 1970s units.