Motor Age Help

[ChicagoEng]

I need to find the age of several GE motors. I haven't been able to find a breakdown for model / serial numbers on the nameplates of GE motors. Does anyone have information about the date codes used on the nameplates of GE motors? (Example: Model: 5K43KG2802H / Serial: ERL//)

Baldor Motors? (The date code info on their website seems to not be used as part of their serial numbers anymore)

[lkapigian]

do you have model and serial of the equipment

[ChicagoEng]

(Example: Model: 5K43KG2802H / Serial: ERL//)

[lkapigian]

(Example: Model: 5K43KG2802H / Serial: ERL//)

The equipment the motor is installed on, not the motor numbers

[ChicagoEng]

No nameplate on the unit this is on or any of the 10 others with the same motor..

[lkapigian]

No nameplate on the unit this is on or any of the 10 others with the same motor..

Well the motor # is going to be specific to the MFG of the equipment it is installed on

[ChicagoEng]

Another unit (air handler) has a newer GE motor: Model: 5KS254ATE205AE2 / Serial: 115352014
This I am assuming is from 2011, but I was hoping to be correct and not guess.

[ChicagoEng]

The units with the Model: 5K43KG2802H / Serial: ERL// motors can all be assumed as original motors which would put them at 40 years old (original to the building). Anyone know if or when GE motors switched to a date code naming in the serial number (does ERL stand for 1978)?

[Russ57]

Does October 1971 sound about right for the original motors?

Current date codes are in model numbers and repeat on 42 year intervals.

[ChicagoEng]

1971 sounds a little early. One of the units does have a nameplate: Champion Blower Model: 122-BBE VENT PAK / Serial: L-79214-12 E-9. This leads me to believe most of the original equipment is from 1979.