Fridgidaire date

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I’m having a tough time today with dates—

Any idea???

Frigidaire compressor - FS3BD-048K (Ser# FSAO-10610283).

2

typically the “1” at the beginning of the serial number would be the “year”------could be 81, 91, 2001 (does it “look” like one of those years?)

3

Charles-

It “looks” like an '81 but most of the house was remodeled in '89. It’s definitely an older unit. Thanks.

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Bill,

I couldn’t resist.

“I’m having a tough time today with dates—”
I had the same problem until I got married, then I found a new problem, staying married to the same woman.

Preston’s Guide is the way to go if you’re dating equipment.

http://www.prestonguide.com/allabout2.html you may catch one on amazon, ebay or one of the other auctions for a lot less.

Timing is everything.

A number of inspectors on the other BB have the guide and offer timely answers.

http://inspectionnews.com/

http://www.inspectorsjournal.com/

5

Thanks Barry LOL—

I have the Preston’s Guide, the Technical Guide (a better source) and a ton of info I’ve collected over the years but couldn’t find anything.

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Are ya sure it’s not an older system with a more recent replacement condenser (the remodel age is about a typ avg condenser life), as that seems to be much newer model/serial number coding. Might explain why Preston’s/TRG doesn’t list it. Just a WAG!

And you can always call Frigidaire if you are still drawing a blank.

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Bill,

Prestons list a S3BD-048K split system compressor for 1999 and 2000, if that helps

Regards

Gerry

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Hey Rob-

Yeah, it’s definitely a newer compressor on an old system.

Gerry-

I’m gonna go with that estimated age 6 or 7 years old. It seems about right.

Thanks Guys!!

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Frigidaire/Nordyne confirmed some info I had about their equipment which is that the S/N has a format of AAANNNNNNNNN where the first three characters are letters indicating the product/plant, and the next four are numbers indicating the year and then month of production.

So that unit was produced in June of 2001 (xxx0106xxxxx … year 01, month 06)

The thing that got me was the dash, but apparently that doesn’t make any difference … strange place to put a dash in the S/N.