Peace Citizen

Incorrect Information: Bradford White Water Heaters We recently had a home inspection prior to the sale of our house and going through the report we found the inspector had listed that our W/H was manufactured in 1991 and was well outside the warranty. This caused us some stress, because we had just had the W/H installed less than a year ago and were under the belief it was a brand new unit, which we had paid full price for through our contractor. After finding your site and checking the age ourselves we found that with a Bradford White unit the first two letters (of the 9 digit serial #) designated a unit made after 1973, but were in 20 year cycles starting in 1964. The first letter being a G (the 7th letter), this placed our W/H in either 1991 (as noted by the inspector) or 2011 which would be after our install, so impossible. After noticing that our serial number was 10, not 9 digits and looking to start calling our contractors, we called Bradford White. The woman who answered in the warranty department, instantly knew the unit was made in 2010! Based on the first two letters and the fact there were 8 digits that followed (meaning a newer unit). So there is some issues with the information on this page concerning this issue and it seems there are inspectors operating with this same bad information. A call to the manufacturer and an update of this site should be in order, as there obviously been some changes in serial number coding for at least one W/H manufacturer. Thank you.