Age

nbhi · August 22, 2007, 10:10am

This is an International Air Cooled Air: Age and tonage? Thanks
m/n DCO-21/2-1
s/n AA8214

Also, a furnace, Luxaire
m/n A105ED
Series# 3

gbeaumont · August 22, 2007, 11:48am

Hi Gary,

The AC unit number is between 1970 and 1973, I can’t help you with the furnace as Prestons doesn’t show it

Regards

Gerry

nbhi · August 22, 2007, 12:08pm

Gerry
Would u happen 2 know the tonage for the ac?

gbeaumont · August 22, 2007, 12:16pm

Sorry Gary, I forgot that bit of your question, it is rated at 28,000 BTU so is roughly a 2 1/2 ton unit.

BTW, it is not only older than dirt, but also very very low efficiency at 6.7 SEER. I would be warning the buyers that imminent replacement should be bugeted for

Regards

Gerry

dchew · August 22, 2007, 5:55pm

A rough rule of thumb, 12,000 BTU’s per ton of AC capacity. The heating requirements for the house may be different than the cooling.

nbhi · August 22, 2007, 10:50pm

Help is needed for the age of the furnace.

Luxaire
m/n A105ED
Series# 3

rray · August 22, 2007, 11:11pm

1972

Need serial number.

nbhi · August 22, 2007, 11:28pm

No serial # present?

nbhi · August 22, 2007, 11:41pm

Here are some pic’s, maybe this will help.

gliebig · September 11, 2007, 3:50am

How about this one?
Gas forced air furnace
MFG: International
Model: 116-130-NOA
Serial No: H 415454

rray · September 11, 2007, 4:48am

International is a lot of fun.

That one was August 1941. Nah, only kidding. It is August, but I have no idea what year. Perhaps a Preston’s guy can help us with the model number.

gliebig · September 11, 2007, 4:56am

I was going to guess 1954…LOL. It’s a 3 (fan shaped) burner. 130,000 BTU input very comparable in size with today’s 60,000 BTU Hi-eff units. For now I have it listed as over 25 years old and at the end of it’s design life. Recommend budgeting for a furnace replacement in the near future…

Thanks Russ!

rray · September 11, 2007, 5:10am

Hey, Greg.

I was doing a little more research on that one. I believe it’s August 1966.

gliebig · September 11, 2007, 5:15am

I guess I was doing the right thing not calling it ancient. It’s 3 years younger than I am!! I’ll update the report accordingly. This is pretty significant. Thank-you

rray · September 11, 2007, 5:19am

I’ve got a lot of conflicting information about International. As I said, it is a fun one. I could go as early as August 1964 and as late as August 1967, but I think “mid-1960’s” will probably cover you pretty well.

gbeaumont · September 11, 2007, 11:44am

Hi to all,

Russel, Prestons list that model # as current from 1973-1975 :shock:

The “H” suffix sugests 1976

Regards

Gerry

gliebig · September 11, 2007, 1:25pm

Thanks Gerry. I do appreciate your help!

gbeaumont · September 11, 2007, 1:45pm

I don’t think I helped much with that post, I just added to the confusion

Regards

Gerry

rray · September 11, 2007, 5:25pm

A good case for why one needs both TRG and Preston’s, as well as lots and lots of notes as more information constantly becomes available.

Thanks, Gerry.