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Serial decoder / Bradford WhiteMANUFACTURER-DOCUMENTED FORMAT

Read the date.
Your Bradford White label.

Use the exact brand, appliance market and format. This tool gives table matches, not a warranty decision.

Read your serial number

The example is synthetic. Your entry stays in this browser tab.

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REVIEWED RULE · US

Bradford White water heaters with two date letters and eight production digits, restricted here to January 2008 onward. Seven-digit legacy suffixes, December 2007 transition serials and exceptional encodings are excluded. Repeating year codes can remain ambiguous.

Source checked 2026-11-06 · Next review 2027-01-05.

Manufacturing date does not establish warranty cover. The source table is verified; an individual appliance’s age still needs model/manufacturer confirmation.