OLD BRAND NEW WHIRLPOOL PAIR NEVER USED

[mickeyd]

Thank you, Glenn

And yet the temp controls are so very different.

 

Serial Number for my Golder Girl: C71006331

 

Ah ha! ~ I see a 7 and a 6 in the serial.

 

Maybe you could use this example as an opportunity to teach us how to decode Whirlpool #'s.

 

[DADoES]

 
Clyde, OH facility.
10th week
of 1977

I hope the following info is all accurate.

Model number syntax from 1962 to 1981 had the year designator as 2nd character.
J = 1962 (LJA-3200W Whirly washer of my childhood)
K = 1963
L = 1964
M = 1965 (LME-4600W Whirly dryer of my childhood)
P = 1966
R = 1967
S = 1968
T = 1969
V = 1970
W = 1971
X = 1972
Y = 1973
A = 1974-75 (LAA-9800 was the last 3-speed belt-drive Imperial Mark 18 washer, LAE/I-9800 dryer had three tumble speeds)
D & E = 1976-77 (LDE/I-9800 was the last dryer with multiple [two] tumble speeds)
F & G = 1978-79 (LFA-9800 was the first electronic belt-drive washer)
H = 1980-81

The syntax then changed, placing the year designator in 8th position.
J = 1981
K = 1982
L = 1983 (ET16JKLWR0 granny's refrigerator)
M = 1984
P = 1985 (LA7800XP Imperial 70 belt-drive washer of note)
R = 1986
S = 1987
T = 1988
V = 1989
W = 1990
X = 1991
Y = 1992
A = 1993
B = 1994
D = 1995
E = 1996
F = 1997
G = 1998
H = 1999
J = 2000 (GSX9885JQ0 Catalyst I refurbished)
K = 2001 (GVW9959KQ1 my daily-driver Calypso)
L = 2002
M = 2003
P = 2004
R = 2005
S = 2006
T = 2007
V = 2008
W = 2009
X = 2010
Y = 2011
A = 2012
B = 2013
... etc.

Model syntax covers all product lines, not just laundry.  Note that model number year reflects marketing, not necessarily the manufacture year.  Some items may be produced for some period of years with only engineering changes.  Engineering change is the ending 1 to 2 digits.

My parents have a Whirly wall oven with model-year of 1995 (RBD245PDQ15 - D in 8th position) ... but the engineering change (last digits) is 15, which is quite a high number, and the serial indicates manufacture 43rd week of 2005.

We bought a new gas range for the grandmother last week.  Model WFG114SWQ0, which is 2009, and interestingly an engineering change of 0, but the serial indicates manufacture 13th week of 2012.

 

[DADoES]

 
Serial numbers, back to 1970 and possibly a little further. Very old numbers have a different syntax, with the facility and date codes at the end instead of beginning.

The first-position letter indicates the manufacturing facility.  Washers are usually C for Clyde OH.  Dryers are typically M for Marion OH.

Second character is year of manufacture

3rd & 4th position *numbers* is week of the year.

Remaining digits are the sequence/order of manufacture in the week.

Due to repetition of the serial year code, the date code from the model number may be needed to accurately place the manufacture year, along with an "awareness" of the general vintage of the unit.

Products sourced from other manufacturers have an additional character in 2nd position (immediately after the first) to indicate the source (such as the German-made Duet washers).

The same serial number syntax applies to many Whirlpool-produced products of other brands -- KitchenAid laundry, Kenmore, Roper, etc.

Year codes
0 = 1970
1 = 1971
2 = 1972
3 = 1973
4 = 1974
5 = 1975
6 = 1976
7 = 1977
8 = 1978
9 = 1979
0 = 1980
1 = 1981
2 = 1982
3 = 1983 (E348223771 the grandmother's refrigerator)
4 = 1984
5 = 1985
6 = 1986
7 = 1987
8 = 1988
9 = 1989

Then the codes were expanded to help avoid repetition
X = 1990
A = 1991 (CA2604297 my KitchenAid KAWE760 washer)
B = 1992
C = 1993
D = 1994
E = 1995
F = 1996
G = 1997
H = 1998
J = 1999 (CJ4807360 Kenmore 110.20907990 washer I refurbed, the parents have it now)
K = 2000
L = 2001 (CL4104880 daily driver Calypso)
M = 2002 (MM2302671 the Calypso-match dryer)
P = 2003
R = 2004
S = 2005 (XS4306965 the parents' wall oven)
T = 2006
U = 2007
W = 2008
Y = 2009
0 = 2010
1 = 2011
2 = 2012 (VE21304602 the grandmother's new stove)
3 = 2013
4 = 2014
... etc.

 

[mickeyd]

Yeowsuh! ~ It'll take some time to master this.

Two readings so far have made it clearer.

 

In the Spring, I had the first awakening when you showed me this:

 

GVW-9959KQ1 (specific to the Calypso)
G = Gold laundry line
V = Vanguard technology
W = Resource saver washer
9959 = 9 cycles, 9 speed combos, 5 temp combos, 9 (infinite) water levels
K = 2001 year
Q = color (Q is white in this case -- T for biscuit, L for pewter)
1 = engineering revision

 

Haven't had the pleasure of a Calypso in person, so the 9 speed combinations have remained a mystery to me. It will be biscuits and pewter for me, please, when I get one.

 

A scholar and a gentleman, Glenn. Thank you. Be dreaming of letters and numbers, shortly.