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WARRANTY INFORMATION
BY
PARTS AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Lebanon, Tennessee
615-889-8900 / Fax: 615-547-1000
SERIAL NUMBER
Warranty Code Explanation
1. Water heater tanks for residential use have a six (6) year limited warranty effective
60 days from date of manufacture as determined by the serial number.
2. Water heater tanks for commercial use have a three (3) year limited warranty
effective 60 days from date of manufacture as determined by the serial number.
3. Storage Tanks have a five (5) year limited warranty effective 60 days from date
of manufacture as determined by the serial number.
4. Heat exchangers on copper-tube water heater models (IW, PF, CF, CW) have a
five (5) year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as
determined by the serial number.
5. Heat exchangers on copper-tube water heater models (EW, RW, CW 90-500) have a
three (3) year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as
determined by the serial number.
6. Heat exchangers on copper-tube boiler models (IB, PB, CH, CB & EB) have a ten
(10) year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as
determined by the serial number.
7. Heat Exchangers on stainless tube boiler models (KB 80-285, WB) have a twelve
(12) year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as
determined by the serial number.
8. Heat Exchangers on stainless tube boiler models (KB 399-800) have a ten
(10) year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as
determined by the serial number.
9. Heat Exchangers on stainless tube water heater models (AW) have a five
(5) year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as
determined by the serial number.
10. Heat exchangers on copper-tube boiler models (RB, CB 45-260) have a twenty (20)
year limited warranty effective 60 days from the date of manufacture as determined
by the serial number.
11. All residential tank-type water heater parts have a six (6) year warranty
from the date of purchase.
12. All residential non-tank-type parts and all commercial parts have a one (1) year warranty
from the date of purchase.
13. All shipping charges must be prepaid for any warranted item returned to Lochinvar
at either Detroit, Michigan or Lebanon, Tennessee.
THIS OUTLINE IS NOT A WARRANTY.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONSULT THE WRITTEN LIMITED
WARRANTY OR LOCHINVAR'S CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION.
CUSTOM HI-POWER (CHP)
JACKETED TANKS (TV* & R*A)
COPPER-FIN (CW & CB)
POOL HEATERS (ER, CS & CP)
POWER-FIN (PF & PB)
MINI-FIN (RW & RB)
COPPER-FIN II (CF & CH)
EFFICIENCY+ (EW & EB)
INTELLI-FIN (IW & IB)
SOLUTION (CB)
KNIGHT (KB)
ARMOR (AW)
1978-Present
1979-Present
1981-Present
1981-Present
1986-Present
1989-Present
1991-Present
1997-Present
2000-Present
2004-Present
2005-Present
2007-Present
STANDARD HI-POWER
OIL FIRED (BRE SERIES)
1974-Apr. 1997
1984-1992
NOTE: This chart is for reference only. See chart on
page 2 for current standard Hi-Power and Oil-Fired
serial numbers.
The above models have one letter, followed by six
numbers, and one final letter on Hi-Powers.
Note: The fourth digit on oil heaters will be a letter.
Example: J93-1030F...Built in September of 1993
* indicates G, N or J
The above models will have either a 7 place or a 12 place
serial code.
First letter indicates month produced.
Next two numbers indicate year produced.
ST
ST
ND
Examples: J-930001...Built in September of 1993
A07H00123456 Built in January of 2007
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LETTER
1
& 2 NUMBER
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
= January
82
83
= 1982
= 1983
= 1984
= 1985
= 1986
= 1987
= 1988
= 1989
= 1990
= 1991
= 1992
= 1993
= 1994
= 1995
= 1996
= 1997
First letter indicates month produced.
Next two numbers indicate year produced.
The remaining numbers are production codes.
= February
= March
= April
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
= May
ST
ST
ND
1
LETTER
1
& 2 NUMBER
= June
= July
A
= January
91 = 1991
92 = 1992
93 = 1993
94 = 1994
95 = 1995
96 = 1996
97 = 1997
98 = 1998
99 = 1999
00 = 2000
01 = 2001
02 = 2002
03 = 2003
04 = 2004
05 = 2005
06 = 2006
07 = 2007
08 = 2008
09 = 2009
10 = 2010
= August
= September
= October
= November
= December
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
= February
= March
= April
K
L
M
= May
= June
= July
= August
= September
= October
= November
= December
J
K
L
DATA PLATE LOCATION:
A. Standard Hi-Power
The upper right side of jacket on the front of the
heater.
B. Oil Heaters
Approximately halfway down the jacket on the
front of the heater.
DATA PLATE LOCATION:
A. Copper-Fin, Copper-Fin II, Efficiency+, Mini-Fin,
Solution & Pool Heaters
On bottom right corner of the heater from the water
connection side.
B. Power-Fin, Intelli-Fin
On upper back side of heater from the water
connection side.
C. Custom Hi-Power, Jacketed Tanks
On outside door panel approximately at eye level.
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NOTE: All charts on this page are reference only.
®
COPPER-FIN WATER HEATERS (CFW) 1968-1981
HI-FIRE COMMERCIAL GAS (HF)
OIL FIRED (G-O SERIES)
POWER GAS (PG)
thru 1986
thru 1986
thru 1986
COPPER-FIN BOILERS (CFB)
1968-1981
The Copper-Fin heaters have a number followed
by a letter(s) then three numbers.
A) 1965-1983 models coded with one letter,
followed by five numbers.
Example: 5Y013...Built in May 1978
Example: M78013...Built in December of 1978
First number indicates month produced.
Next letter(s) indicates year produced.
Final three numbers are production codes.
First letter indicates month produced.
The next two numbers indicate year produced.
The remaining three numbers are production codes.
ST
ST
1
NUMBER
= January
= February
= March
1
LETTER
= 1970
= 1971
= 1972
= 1973
= 1974
= 1975
= 1976
= 1977
= 1978
= 1979
= 1980
= 1981
1
P
R
S
T
U
V
2
ST
ST
1
LETTER
= January
1 TWO NUMBERS
3
4
= April
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
= 1975
= 1976
= 1977
= 1978
= 1979
= 1980
= 1981
= 1982
= 1983
= 1984
= 1985
= 1986
5
= May
= February
= March
= April
6
= June
7
= July
W
X
Y
Z
8
= August
= September
= October
= November
= December
= May
9
= June
10
11
12
= July
AA
BB
= August
= September
= October
= November
= December
K
L
DATA PLATE LOCATION:
On the top left corner of Copper-Fin, from the front
controls.
M
1984-Present models coded with eight numbers.
MOD-U-POWER (MUP)
The Mod-U-Power has a single letter,
six number serial code.
1978-1984
Example: 85040000...April, 1985
First two numbers indicate year produced.
The third and fourth numbers indicate the month produced.
The final four numbers are production codes.
Example: J-930001...Built in September of 1993
First letter indicates month produced.
Next two numbers indicate year produced.
The remaining numbers are production codes.
DATA PLATE LOCATION:
A. Hi-Fire
ST
ST
ND
Left of the gas valve.
1
LETTER
= January
1
& 2 NUMBER
B. Power Gas
A
78 = 1978
79 = 1979
80 = 1980
81 = 1981
82 = 1982
83 = 1983
84 = 1984
Left of the gas valve.
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
= February
= March
= April
C. Oil-Fired (G-O Series)
On the front of the jacket, at the top.
= May
= June
= July
= August
= September
= October
= November
= December
J
K
L
7/08–Printed in U.S.A.
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