When evaluating the boiler at your home, knowing its age is helpful. That information can help you know if repairs would be worthwhile or if a replacement is the most economical option. Learning how to determine the age of a Weil-McLain boiler relies on locating its serial number.
Weil Mclain Serial Number Age
Weil-McLain provides a 12-year warranty on the heat exchangers of residential boilers. Overall, these boilers are built to last 15 years. With consistent maintenance over the years, they are known to perform even longer than that. Aside from age, some other issues can arise that indicate that you need boiler service. If you live in the Delaware Valley or at the Jersey Shore, give the HVAC experts at Oliver a call at 1-888-810-2681. We can repair or replace your boiler quickly and affordably. While looking for the serial number, watch out for:
Learn the age of your water heater or boiler with this guide. This article is a quick reference guide for the most common manufacturers of water heaters (and boilers). Most manufacturers of water heaters do not clearly state the year of manufacture on the data plate or label; however, the year of manufacture is typically coded in the serial number. By referencing the manufacturer below with the serial number, the age of the equipment can be determined in most cases.
77YY000000 (3rd and 4th numbers of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture)XX77YY777777 (3rd and 4th numbers of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture)
7777XYY77777777 (5th and 6th numbers after a letter of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture)7777XYYX7777777 (5th and 6th numbers after a letter of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture)7777-YYYY7777-7777 (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th numbers of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture)7777-YYYY-777-7777 (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th numbers of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture)
2009 and later Y7. CA-777777 (1st letter of the serial number indicates the year of manufacture)A=2009 B=2010 C=2011 D=2012 E=2013 F=2014 G=2015 H=2016 J=2017 K=2018 L=2019 M=2020 N=2021 P=2022 Q=2023
Most boiler manufacturers do not clearly state the manufacture year on the data plate or label, but luckily the year of manufacture is typically coded in the serial number. By referencing the manufacturer below with the serial number, the age of the equipment can be determined in most cases.
This recall involves Weil-McLain Ultra models 80, 105, 155 and 230 MBH gas-fired boilers used for space heating. The boilers have a serial number range between CP 6557046 and CP 6955985. Model and serial numbers are located on a bar-coded label affixed to the lower right side of the boiler, behind the removable front panel. The boilers have a Weil-McLain logo plate affixed to the front, a pewter/flat black cover and are either freestanding or wall-mounted.
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The age of a heating boiler, furnace, or heat pump can be determined by identifying its year of manufacture that is encoded in the unit's serial number (not the model number). The guides above give heater serial number decoding for each manufacturer and type of heating appliance.
For an HB Smith boiler the age is typically the two digits following the letter at the beginning of the serial number. In this case the "80" following the "J" tells us that the boiler was manufactured in 1980.
Our second photo below shows the data tag on the exterior of an HB Smith heating boiler, Model BB14-*-4, (the * indicates that this is a steam boiler), though in my over-shot photo the serial number is not quite visible.
Watch out: not all of the information labels, tags, stickers seen on and in heating appliances are data tags. Don't get confused and don't think that because you cannot find the model and serial number on a label that the equipment has no data tag. 2ff7e9595c
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