Furnace age question...Power of the web

gliebig · February 11, 2009, 3:16am

I just received a call from someone looking for help. Here is his request:

iniquette · February 11, 2009, 4:43am

Greg try this. Might help with the age at least.

iniquette · February 11, 2009, 5:02am

Nevermind Greg, can’t get an attachment in to save my life. I’ll just call you.

gliebig · February 11, 2009, 5:15am

Thanks

iniquette · February 11, 2009, 5:18am

Yeah, I looked at this again, and my initial guess was way off, but you should be able to find it through that code in the file.

ccurrins · February 11, 2009, 5:52am

Kenmore

A letter followed by a 9-digit number. The second and third letter represent the year, the fourth and fifth numbers represent the week. There may be a date stamp to the right of the serial number.

Sample

Serial Number: R883512345 Date of Mfg: 09/88

gliebig · February 11, 2009, 2:43pm

So in my case, the furnace would have been manufactured in 1961?
“Serial# - H61139301”

gliebig · February 11, 2009, 3:41pm

Nope, I think the first two characters are used. It’s a 1986, H for the 1980’s and the 6 is the year. H6 = 1986.