Bock water heater age decoders, water heater manual sources.

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Bock Water Heater Age & Manuals

The Bock Water Heater Co., a U.S. company located in Wisconsin, was founded by Oscar Bock, an engineer and inventor, in 1929. The company currently produces oil and gas fired water heaters as well as electric water heaters, including modulating condensing water heaters, digital ElectriTherm™ water heaters, OptiTherm® outdoor mounted watetr heaters, and a Turboflue® line of water heaters.

The employee-owned company also produces indirect water heaters and has since 1993.

Photo: an abandoned, leaky Bock oil fired water heater in a New York home.

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The company's product line is extensive, and as of January 2020 listed

• 5 indirect water heater models
• 11 dual-fuel water heaters that burn Oil and either natural gas or LP gas
• 26 Solar or Geo-Thermal water heaters
• 35 oil fired water heater models or versions
• 51 electric water heater models
• 260 gas fired water heater models or versions

Bock Water Heater Age Decoder

Depending on the age of your Bock water heater, the dates of production or manufacture are found at different points in the serial number that you will find on the water heater's data tag. Here is the most-common formats for Bock water heater serial numbers showing where the production date is found:

YYMMnnnnX example, 95121234A would be a heater manufactured in 1995, month 12 or December. The rest of that serial number forms the unique heater identification.

Bock Water Heater Contact & Manuals

• Contact: Bock Water Heaters, Inc. 110 South Dickinson Street, Madison, WI 53703 USA, Tel: 608-257-2225 (800) 794-2491 Technical Support Hotline: (888) 784-8322 Website: www.bockwaterheaters.com,
• BOCK WATER HEATER INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL [PDF] (2016) Models LCE6, LCE12, LCE20, LCE30, LCE40, LCE50, including wiring diagrams.
  retrieved 2018/03/05, original source: http://www.bockwaterheaters.com/Portals/0/Installation%20Manuals /23580_LCE6-50_IOM_rev2.pdf
• BOCK WATER HEATERS, ENGINEERING MANUAL [PDF] retrieved 2018/03/05, original source: http://www.bockwaterheaters.com/Portals/0/Engineering%20Manuals /BWH-Eng%20Man_3-13-Web.pdf
  
  Water Heater and circulator sizing, venting, operating costs, installation, designs, including oil, gas, and indirect fired water heaters by Bock engineerrs. 82 page manual.
• BOCK WATER HEATER VENTING SPECIFICATIONS [PDF] , retrieved 2018/11/21, original source: http://www.bockwaterheaters.com/Portals/0/4-Venting_08_06.pdf
• BOCK OIL FIRED WATER HEATER MANUAL 32-51E [PDF] Models 32E, 32EC, 32PP, 32PPC, 33E, 33PP, 40E, 40PP, 50ES, 50ESC, 51E,
  51EC, 51PP, 51PPC, 71E, 120E
• BOCK OIL FIRED WATER HEATERS MANUAL 72-541E [PDF] Models 72E, 73E, 190E, 241E, 361E, 541E
• BOCK INDIRECT WATER HEATER INSTRUCTION MANUAL [PDF]
• BOCK WATER HEATER PARTS CATALOG [PDF] (2009)
• 32 more Bock water heater mauals are at the company's websites, at https://www.bockwaterheaters.com/installation-and-operation-manuals

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