3 rd 4 th number month.
State water heater manufacture date.
This tank was manufactured on the 24th week of 2009.
Older tanks prior to 2004 will use the second and third number listed.
This would fall under the american water heater manufacturer where it gets rebranded as a whirlpool.
Digits 1 2 of the s n are the year and digits 3 4 are the week of the year.
State water heaters produced by state industries encode the age in the first three positions of the state water heater serial number as.
From humble beginnings as a maker of coal and wood burning stoves in a nashville tn garage to the largest producer of water heaters in the world state is a widely recognized manufacturer of a variety of brand water heaters.
1 st 2 nd number year.
It includes the manufacture date as well as information on the size and capacity.
The first two digits are the year and the second two are the week of the year.
Serial 1 st 4 digits.
The date of production manufacture or age of state water heater s can be determined from the serial number.
Some manufacturers including rheem made it easy by incorporating the month and year built into the first 4 digits of the serial number.
Where m is a one letter month code encoded corresponding to a january through m december and the second two digits are the numeric year.
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So in your case the 27th week of 2009.
8901xxx made in the year 1989 in the first month january.