Can someone verify the age of the Payne A/C condensers? Are they 2.5 ton units? I'm looking into buying a duplex and need to see how old the units are.
Serial - 3203E12795
Prod - PA10JA030000ACAA
Model -PA10JA030-C
&
Serial - 1102E18279
Prod - PH10JA030000ACAA
Model -PH10JA030-C
Pictures of the manufacturers sticker (click on pic to make it bigger):
IMG_0237 - Minus
I tried looking at a couple of guides to tell the age but it didn't match up (Payne). If i look under Bryant, it indicates the units are from 2002, 3rd and 4th digit '02'. The units look older to me.
Determining Air Conditioning Age & Capacity-Reprinted
Day-Night - Later manufactured as 'BDP' (Bryant, Day-Night, Payne)
Capacity: Look for those elusive two digits in the model number (usually, but not
always) divisible by 6 and divide by 12 to convert to tons. It is often in the last three to
five digits, but is sometimes closer to the middle.
Age: First two letters of the serial number indicate age, where the
first letter is the month and the second letter the year of manufacture
beginning with 1970
A=1970
B=1971
C=1972
Bryant
Capacity: Look for those elusive two digits in the model number usually (but not always)
divisible by 6 and divide by 12 to convert to tons.
Example: 56BAB0042000A0
42 = size on thousands of BTU
42,000 Btu = 3½ ton
From 1964 through 1979 Bryant encoded age information in the
serial number with the first two digits indicating week of
manufacture and the letter following those first two numbers
indicating the year beginning R = 1964:
R = 1964
S = 1965
T = 1966
U = 1967
V = 1968
W = 1969
X = 1970
Y = 1971
A = 1972
B = 1973
C = 1974
D = 1975
E = 1976
F = 1977
G = 1978
H = 1979
In subsequent years Bryant simplified its system where, the first two digits of serial
number = Week of manufacture.
Third & fourth digits = Year of manufacture.
Example: 3188XXXXXX = 31st week of 1988.
Thanks!