For 8 digit serial numbers, the second digit is the year. 500EA,76043770 was built on production line 7 in April 1966.
Here are the stats from processing the July postings: 1,468 serial numbers posted. This initial batch was very clean, only 12 duplicates.
After pulling out bad serial numbers,duplicates and conflicts with existing serial numbers, we added 4 new models and 1,376 new serial numbers to the database including two "decade duplicates."
Thanks to all your efforts, we now have 40,287 serial numbers on file! A new milestone for sure.
That said, now we have to discuss the clinkers and there are a lot of them.
These two were posted separately this month but have the same serial number.
AU-555,829050088,Internet
AU-777,829050088,yahoo
The model names of this group don't match anything we have on file and I couldn't find examples of them on line.
MAS-100,2051021658,kleinanzeigen
RZ-3500Z,2239000338,audioweb.ro
T-5000,840081151,yahoo,,T-tag
T-55,431070447,YAHOO,T-tag
TU-D33,872070923,kleinanzeigen TU-D33X?
These are good model names but the serial numbers match serial numbers on file with other model names. Please verify the model and serial number.
A-alpha 7,607070662,yahoo
AU-307,838090447, yahoo,, T-tag
AU-707,227030154,yahoo,, T-tag
AU-707,227040452, yahoo,, T-tag
CA-3000,225090070,yahoo,,T-tag
SC-55S,250050769,yahoo,, T-tag
SC-77,250030021,yahoo,,T-tag
TU-X1,219060176,kleinanzeigen
These are bad serial numbers
AU-555,589420784,Internet Forth digit can only be a 0 or 1
AU-555A,539400327,
@Russ87 Forth digit can only be a 0 or 1
P-2000,907167214, kleinanzeigen No month 16, if forth digit is a one, the 5th digit can only be 0, 1, 2
FR-D25,340090248?,archiwum.allegro.pl Which digit is in question?
Please don't add any characters like question marks to serial numbers. It gets kicked into the batch of non standard serial numbers which require manual entry. The manual entries are the last step in the process at a time when my eyes are going cross after looking at serial numbers for hours.
If you can't read a digit clearly, post the serial number as you see it and add a note indicating which digit(s) are in question. The note field follows the reporter. Model,Serial Number,Reporter,Notes,T-tag. Then it can be processed with the good serial numbers and will only drop out if it has a conflict. At that point I can evaluate the digit in question and make a decision on the best way to handle it.
Thanks guys!
- Pete