Age of Coleman AC

bhartley · May 27, 2011, 9:19pm

Mr Preston’s does not indicate the age for this Coleman AC :

Ser# WOK6969711 Mod# ERC0361BBB

Thanks!!! for the help

jjonas · May 27, 2011, 9:37pm

This is all I got…

**Coleman (April 1992 to Present) **
Serial Number format: 97104119
(This serial number was transcribed from an actual unit during a home inspection).

Using the first, second, third and fourth digits of the serial number 97104119 you will find the year and month of manufacture. The first and second digits are the year and the third and fourth digits are the month. This unit was manufactured in October, 1997.

Year of manufacture: 97104119
Month of manufacture: 97104119

**Coleman (Prior to April 1992) **
Serial Number format: 01881234
(This serial number is fictitious).

Using the first, second, third and fourth digits of the serial number 01881234 you will find the month and year of manufacture. The first and second digits are the month and the third and fourth digits are the year. This unit was manufactured in January, 1988.

Year of manufacture: 01881234
Month of manufacture: 01881234

bking · May 27, 2011, 9:50pm

Made by Evcon Ind. and sold at sears.

Evcon was started in 1990

http://www.manta.com/c/mmntsyg/evcon-industries-inc

http://colemanac.com/aboutus/aboutus.asp

In 1990, Beacon Capital Corporation negotiated the purchase of Coleman®’s Heating & Air Conditioning division to create Evcon Industries. By 1996, Unitary Products Group of York, A Johnson Controls Company had acquired Evcon Industries and continued to market their products under the Coleman-Evcon name.

In 1999, realizing its outstanding brand recognition, Unitary Products Group decided to market products, solely under the Coleman® name - a name now known for rugged, reliable performance in the great outdoors and the great indoors.

jwilliams4 · May 28, 2011, 12:43am

Coleman became Evcon, then Unitary, then YORK…

Since 2005 the brand has a letter-number-letter system–** [WOE59195951].**

W=Witchita–city of manufacture.
0=third digit in the year.
E=month of manufacture–May.
5=fourth digit in year.

Manufacture date is May of 2005.

jwilliams4 · May 28, 2011, 12:51am

FWIW…

YORK now “manufactures”…

EVCON, COLEMAN, FRASER, JOHNSTON, BORG-WARNER, LUXAIRE, and YORK.

Prior to 2005 the first letter was the year…
A=1971 or 1992
B=1972 or 1993

and so on (no “I”, “O”, “Q” “U”, and “Z”)

[W would be 1989 or 2010]