ACiQ® HVAC age

How to determine the date of production/manufacture or age of ACiQ® brand HVAC Systems.

The industry average service design life for most forced air furnaces is 15-20 years, and the industry average service design life for most air conditioning condensing units is 10-15 years. The average service design life of boilers can vary from as little as 10 years to as many as 50 years depending on the type and quality of materials used in their manufacture. Routine upkeep/maintenance, regional weather/climate, and location/placement of the mechanical systems will all play critical roles in the longevity of these systems.

Parent Company: 1HVAC Energy

Note - in 2010 Carrier entered into an overseas joint venture with Midea. Their first joint venture is based in Cairo, Egypt, under the name of Miraco Carrier. The next year, Midea and Carrier continued on this course, forming a collection of closely networked joint venture companies in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, and another one separately in India. Unconfirmed, but believed that ACiQ brand was born of one of these joint ventures offering both ICP and Midea rebranded products under the ACiQ brand label.

Subsidiaries or other related brands: ICP and Midea

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

Example serial number styles/formats found:

Style 1: G051650885
Style 2: C703239530315908400008 See Midea

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

NOTE:

ACiQ is a private label brand that appears to utilize both ICP (Carrier Global) and Media rebranded OEM products. The products under the ACiQ label are typically sold direct-to-consumer via online retail dealers. Conventional central heating and air conditioning systems as well as commercial heating/cooling systems will have most likely been manufactured by ICP (Carrier Global) and utilize ICP style serial numbers. Ductless split systems will most likely have been manufactured by Midea and utilize Midea style serial numbers.

See also ICP and Midea for additional serial number information.

Style 1: G051650885

This particular style is an ICP style serial number reflecting the original equipment manufacturer serial numbering system.

Year of manufacture can be determined by using the 2^nd & 3^rd positions of the serial number

Week of manufacture can be determined by using the 4^th & 5^th positions of the serial number

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

Page last updated: 10/20/2024

_{Thank you to Michael Kristof of Wisconsin Property Inspections for bringing this brand to our attention.}

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