American® Water age

How to determine the date of production/manufacture or age of American^® brand Water Heater Systems.

Water heaters in general have an average estimated useful service life of 10-12 years, though water quality, routine upkeep/maintenance, and location of the water heater will all play critical roles in the longevity of these systems.

Parent Company: A.O. Smith

Subsidiaries or similar brands: American® Water heaters have been distributed under many brand names including:

Ace Hardware, Ace Water Heater, American Hardware, America's Best, Apex , Aqua Temp, Aqua Therm , Aquamatic, Best Water Heaters, Best Deluxe, Craftmaster, Champion, De-Limer Water Heaters, Deluxe Water Heaters, Dyna-Flow, Eagle Water Heaters, Earl's Water Heaters, Envirotemp, Envi-Ro-Temp, Flame-Guard, Four-Most Water Heaters, GSW, Hotmaster, Hotstream, John Wood water heaters, King Water Heaters, King Clean, King Line, Lowes, Master Plumber, Mor-Flo, Mor-Flo/American, Nationaline, Neptune, Penguin, Polaris, Premier, Prestige Water Heaters, PRO-Line Water Heaters, Proline Plus, Quaker Water, Quick-Flo, Raywall, Revere, Riviera, SABH, Sands, Sentinal, Servistar, Shamrock, Special-Deluxe, Standard, Super-Eagle, Super-Flo, Supreme, Sure-Fire, Thoro-Clean, True-Test, Tru-Value Hardware, U.S. Craftmaster, U.S. Supply, Whirlpool Brand Water Heaters, XCL Energy

The date of production/manufacture or age of American brand Water Heater equipment can be determined from the serial number located on the rating data plate.

Example serial number styles/formats found:

→Style 1: 05035 35368

→Style 2: 1924115263020

Legend: Year is RED; Month is GREEN; Week is BLUE

TIP!- - Water heaters manufactured by American® Water Heater parent company will typically include the company address Johnson City, TN on the date plate/tag, even though many were manufactured in Canada.

See Also: A.O. Smith GSW State

→Style 1: 05035 35368

Year of manufacture can be determined by using the 1^st & 2^nd digits of the serial number

Month of manufacture can be determined by using the 3^rd & 4^th digits of the serial number

→Style 2: 1924115263020

Serial number begins with two letters. This style has been discontinued.

Year of manufacture can be determined by using the 1^st & 2^nd digits of the serial number

Week of manufacture can be determined by using the 3^rd & 4^thdigits of the serial number

American® History¹

American® Water Heaters was founded in 1996.
From 2002-2006, GSW® (Canada) was the parent company of American®.
A.O. Smith® acquired American® Water Heaters (GSW) in April of 2006.
American® now operates as a subsidiary of A.O. Smith.

American® Water heaters have been distributed under many brand names including:

Ace Hardware, Ace Water Heater, American Hardware, America's Best, Apex , Aqua Temp, Aqua Therm , Aquamatic, Best Water Heaters, Best Deluxe, Craftmaster, Champion, De-Limer Water Heaters, Deluxe Water Heaters, Dyna-Flow, Eagle Water Heaters, Earl's Water Heaters, Envirotemp, Envi-Ro-Temp, Flame-Guard, Four-Most Water Heaters, GSW, Hotmaster, Hotstream, John Wood water heaters, King Water Heaters, King Clean, King Line, Lowes, Master Plumber, Mor-Flo, Mor-Flo/American, Nationaline, Neptune, Penguin, Polaris, Premier, Prestige Water Heaters, PRO-Line Water Heaters, Proline Plus, Quaker Water, Quick-Flo, Raywall, Revere, Riviera, SABH, Sands, Sentinal, Servistar, Shamrock, Special-Deluxe, Standard, Super-Eagle, Super-Flo, Supreme, Sure-Fire, Thoro-Clean, True-Test, Tru-Value Hardware, U.S. Craftmaster, U.S. Supply, Whirlpool Brand Water Heaters, XCL Energy

Every effort is undertaken to offer you correct and concise information to assist you in determining the age or manufacture date of water heating equipment. Users relying on this information do so at their own risk.

Page last updated: 09/03/2023

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