Trane® HVAC historic period

How to decide the date of production/manufacture or age of Trane® HVAC Systems.

The date of production/industry or age of a Trane® HVAC unit of measurement can be determined from the serial number.

Parent:  Ingersoll Rand

Trane® has utilized multiple serial number formats over the years. Trane is an old and very established company with its roots originating in 1885 every bit a family unit plumbing business concern in La Crosse, Wisconsin which developed an innovative low-pressure steam heating organization. By 1913 the family business had incorporated as The Trane Visitor, and began establishing themselves as a well-known climate control pioneer over the side by side hundred years.

Trane acquired Sentinel Electronics during the tardily 1970's, and later on General Electric's Central Air Conditioning Segmentation in 1982. In 1984, American Standard Companies, Inc.® acquired the Trane Company and launched its American Standard Heating & Air-conditioning® brand iv years later. In 2007, American Standard Companies divided, and Ingersoll Rand® later acquired Trane in June of 2008. (History data from Trane®)

The series number styles used during these many visitor changes are reflected below. Several styles overlap in certain years as the newly acquired companies transitioned. Several were only used for a brief period, some were used intermittently at diverse periods and for various products, while others connected to exist used for many years under the trademarked Ingersoll Rand®, American Standard®, Trane®, and fifty-fifty GE® brand names. Our research also indicates that some styles used but a sequential lodge numbering that has no obvious method of decoding.

Because of the wide multifariousness of styles or formats that Trane® (in its various forms) used and the oft similar styles constitute, other determining clues such as condition of the unit, style of the information plate, ANSI or CGA standards compliance dates, dates on service tags, and simple mutual sense should be used to gauge or approximate the year or decade of manufacture.

Sample Serial number styles:

(NOTE:  Serial Number styles plant for several Ingersol Rand® and American Standard® Brands are being used hither.)

  • Manner 1: 91531S41F or 10161KEDAA or 130313596L
  • Style 2: R1742DWBF
  • Fashion 3: A92M07217
  • Style four: 123456T -or- B123456
  • Style 5: 2nd-1234
  • Fashion half-dozen: H011870M03
  • Style 7: F91-90391
  • Style 8: EKK1915 (European mode)
Mode one: 915three 1S41F or 1016 1KEDAA or 130313596L

This Trane (American Standard) mode began utilise in 2002. It consists of at to the lowest degree 3 or 4 digits at the beginning of the series number.

From 2002 to 2009 the start digit represents the year. The next two digits stand for week.

Starting in 2010, the kickoff two digits represent twelvemonth, and the side by side two digits represent calendar week.

The remaining characters (sequence) tin can be any combination of letters or numbers usually starting with a single digit representing day of the fiscal week.

This style is VERY common and is however found in use under the Trane, American Standard, Ameristar, and Ingersoll Rand brand names to name a few. Please run across the examples below.

Our research indicates that some earlier commercial and residential Trane models manufactured circa 1978-79 may have too used this style. Should you encounter one of these, their estimated age should exist conspicuously evident based on status or appearance alone, and they will have far exceeded the average estimated end of useful service life (EUL).

Style 2: R17 42DWBF

Notes: This style consists of 9 characters, always beginning with a letter followed by 2 digits .

The first letter represents year of manufacturer (see chart below).

The next two digits correspond calendar week of industry.

The remaining characters (sequence) can be any combination of letters or numbers unremarkably starting with a unmarried digit representing day of the fiscal week.

This fashion began seeing use during the 1980'south in diverse brands, models, and products manufactured by Trane/American Standard. The company ceased using messages to designate year of manufacture later 2001 (represented past the alphabetic character "S"), and then any organisation encountered that uses this styling will typically be very virtually or has exceeded the average estimated useful service life (EUL). Beginning in 2002, numbers rather than letters are used for the year designation which is depicted in way ane above.

Examples: F23 456789 would exist manufactured the 23rd week of 1991. C01 D47415 would be manufactured the 1st week of 1988.

Note: This fashion can be easily confused with styles iii, 4, six, & 7. Many of the later units with style 2 formatting likewise included the manufacture date clearly printed on the information plate/label.

Meet as well way iv for boosted relevant data.

Fashion 3: A 92 Thousand07217

This Trane mode began seeing employ in the 1970's and has reappeared in various models, brands, and products over the years.

**Notation** This format is very like to fashion ii above and can exist easily confused. The divergence is this manner begins with a letter, followed by a ii digit year, so another alphabetic character. Also helpful is to notation the ANSI standard revision year. (See photo)

The commencement letter represents the manufactory lawmaking. Two factory codes nosotros have encountered include "A" and "C"

The 2nd and tertiary digits represent the year of manufacture.

The fourth character letter represents month of manufacture.

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**Note:** - The data plate photo in a higher place lists the compliance standard ANSI Z83.8 with revision date of 1990(outlined in the green box). Most manufacturers today are required to include the industry compliance standard on the data tag. The compliance standard for the U.South. is typically from the American National Standards Found (ANSI). The mutual compliance standard for Canada is through the Canada Standards Association Group (CSA). Many times both standards are listed if the specific production is sold in both countries. Many manufacturers will normally list the compliance certification on the data tag/plate and indicate which revision YEAR the unit complies with. These standards are revised or renewed approximately every 4 to 6 (+/-) years. Considering of this, one can reasonably estimate the year of industry within four-half-dozen years from (after) the standards engagement. In other words, the unit cannot be any older than the standard revision year listed. The photo to a higher place indicates the unit complies with ANSI Z38.8 standard revision year of 1990. This information is helpful in estimating the year of manufacture when information technology cannot be determined from the series number, or the serial number is illegible.

Style 4:   123456T -or- B123456

This Trane serial number manner was used from 1980 through 1982.

Depending on the product type, the letter may be the FIRST  - or -  Last character of the series number.

See the modest chart below.

Annotation: This fashion appears to be the early ancestry of style 2 format in a higher place. The letters A, B, & C and O, T, & U  correspond 1980, 1981, & 1982 respectively for some Trane products or models manufactured during this era. This explains to some extent the gaps found in the letter coding of the chart for style ii. Regardless, the condition, advent, and/or type of unit using this style should exist conspicuously axiomatic of the era of industry.

Information technology is possible that letters 50, M, & N may also be used; however, we generally have only found their use in mode 6 listed beneath.

Style 5: 2D -1234

This Trane style began appearing in the 1970's; nonetheless, some research indicates it was also used during the early on 1980's  for some limited products or models.

The Twelvemonth of manufacture is coded in the offset digit of the serial number.

The Month of manufacture is coded in the 2nd alphabetic character of the series number.

Manner 6:   H011870M 03

This format was found on some Trane systems manufactured from 1980 - 1982.

The year of manufacturer is coded in the tertiary last character (letter).

The next ii digits represent week of manufacture.

Style vii: F91-90391

This Trane style is very like to style iii above, and also began seeing use in the 1970'due south. It has reappeared in various models, brands, and products over the years.

Non to be confused with way 2 or style iii, this format used a hyphen later the first three characters in the series number.

This fashion was generally used from the lxx's into the 90'due south.

Style viii: EKK1917

This style appears to be a European product manner serial number. The unit was manufactured past Golbey (an American Standard Company) in France. The data plate shown beneath includes the manufacture date (month and year) clearly noted. We can only presume the letters at the beginning of the series number announce the twelvemonth and month of manufacture; nevertheless, the style does not match any known reference charts for their letter of the alphabet coding during these years.

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