I have a simplex 4906-9128 with a date code of 053154E. Can anyone decode this date code?
I could be wrong, I’m loosely basing what I’m saying here on a Reddit post from 3 years ago, and the fact that these devices came out in 2014:
- 053 = 53rd Day of the Year (Feb 22)
- 15 = the year of manufacture
- 4E = Plant it was manufactured in
So far, this is the only pattern I’ve found that makes any sense. That being said, I’m going to reach out to some people to see if I can get more information.
As an update - I’m happy to report that I got confirmation from a Simplex employee. It was produced Feb 22, 2015. I was a little off on the last part. 4 is apparently a revised model version. E is the plant of manufacture.
Thanks for the information. That is very interesting that they put what plant it was manufactured in.
I assume it makes it easy to track if / when an issue arises
It could also be used for liability for example, if a life safety injury occurred due to the fire alarm, they could look at the date code so they know where it was made and take appropriate action.
The 05 part obviously means 2005 and maybe 31 means the 31st week of that year???
It was built August 5th 2005
Where did you find that? This model, unless I’m mistaken, was released in 2014… And I reached out to a Simplex technician on it who helped me decode it…
It’s actually
05: year
31: week of the year
5: day of the week.
It was manufactured Aug 5, 2005
The MC smartsync devices came out around 04. My elementary school had/has 9127/28 horn strobes. System was put in around 2006.
Plus, maybe 1 2 3 or 4 before E is the shift of the day it was made.