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How do I tell the age of an Armstrong Air furnace or air conditioner from the serial number? Wednesday, June 13, 2018 The 8th digit of the serial number, which will be a letter (and typically the next to last digit) denotes the year of manufacture for units manufactured from the 1980s to the early 1990s.
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How do I tell the age of a Magic Chef or Armstrong furnace or air conditioner from the serial number?

How to determine the date of production/manufacture or age of Armstrong Air® HVAC Systems. The date of production/manufacture or age of Armstrong Air® HVAC equipment can be determined from the serial number located on the data plate. Parent Company: Armstrong Air Conditioning, Inc., which is part of the Allied Air Division of Lennox. Determining Air Conditioning Age & Capacity As a rule-of-thumb, capacity information is encoded by air conditioning manufactures in the model number and date of manufacture info in the serial number. There are 12,000 Btus per ton of cooling, and air conditioners are sized by every ½ ton. Since 1928, Armstrong Air has been the smart choice for homeowners who expect more from their heating and cooling system. Built with durable materials and incorporating brilliant technology throughout, Armstrong Air is not only the brand to trust with your home comfort, it’s also the brand more dealers would choose for themselves.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Although the Magic Chef nameplate was only in production during the 1980s and 90s, many furnaces were installed around the Gainesville area, especially in apartment/condos and mobile homes. The 8th digit of the serial number, which will be a letter (and typically the next to last digit) denotes the year of manufacture:

A = 1980 K = 1989
B = 1981 L = 1990
C = 1982 M = 1991
D = 1983 N = 1992
E = 1984
F = 1985
G = 1986
H = 1987
J = 1988

An example, shown below, is: A 10322EDB

The underlined letter indicates it was manufactured in 1983.

Some units will have the “Armstrong - Columbus, Ohio” nameplate on them, but follow the same serial number pattern.

To find out the age of another brand of air conditioner or heat pump, go to How do I determine the age of my air conditioner?, which has a listing of all major manufacturers and links to instructions for decoding their serial numbers.

To find the age of other home components, go to How can I find out the age of a roof? and How do I determine the age of an electrical panel? and How do I determine the age of my water heater? For life expectancies, visit What is the average life expectancy of the components of a house?

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How can I find out the SEER of my air conditioner?

Saturday, July 28, 2018

There are seven different ways you can determine either the exact or approximate SEER of your heat pump or air conditioning system. Let’s start with the easy, simple ways to get an exact number, and work down to other methods that will provide an approximate rating for your system:

1) If the yellow and black rating sticker is still intact on the side of the condenser and legible, like in the photo below, it will tell you.

2) Look for a sheet taped to the front of the air handler (indoor unit), where the HVAC contractor has listed the performance data for the system.

3) Some manufacturers encode the SEER rating in the beginning of the model number on the data plate of the condenser. For example, the “XC21” at the beginning of the model number of the Lennox condenser shown below indicates it is rated at 21 SEER. Older systems do not do this.

4) If it is a replacement system and you have a copy of the building permit, it will usually also show the SEER of the system. In many areas, building permits can be looked up online at the county or city building department’s website, and it will often show the SEER of the system in the description of the work or the attached notes. The SEER of a heat pump or a/c system is the result of the combination of the performance of both the condenser and air handler, so the actual SEER listed on the contractor’s performance data sheet or the building permit may be slightly higher or lower than the SEER rating of the condenser alone.

5) If you look for the manufacturer’s logo plate on the side or top of the condenser, it will may have a model name like “Comfortmaster 1200” or “RoyalAir 10,” which indicates the approximate—but not always exact—SEER of 12 or 10 for the system.

6) If you know the year of manufacture of the system, which is usually coded in the data plate of the condenser unit as the first two or second two numbers of the serial number, you can determine an approximate SEER based on the when it was made. See our blog post “What is the SEER of my old air conditioner?” for more on this approach.

7) And last, if all else fails and you really, really want to know the exact SEER of the system, jot down the model number and serial number from the data plate and call or email the manufacturer’s customer service department with the information and a request for the SEER rating of your unit.

There is one potential flaw in several of these techniques. It has been required since 2006 that both the condenser and air handler be replaced unless it can be verified that the new half of the system that the HVAC contractor is switching out is matched by the manufacturer for performance with the remaining component. However, if part of the system was replaced by someone willing to do it without the required building permit, the SEER rating efficiency of the new part of the system may not be achieved because of the mismatch to the older part. If, for example, your outdoor unit is LENNOX and the indoor unit is GOODMAN, you definitely have a mismatched system and there is no way to determine the actual efficiency rating.

To learn more about the requirement to match condenser and air handler, click on the link below to download a pdf info sheet from the Florida Department of Community Affairs.

Also, see our blog posts How can I find out the size of my air conditioner? and How can I find out the age of my air conditioner or furnace?

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