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Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:06 am
by jel847
There was mention of the serial numbers in another thread. i thought it would just be numbered 1-250 or something.
my serial number is:
05081367050001
is thre a dateand production number in there?
thanks for any help.
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:06 am
by money-b
Pm joerg,he's the one that knows.
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:36 am
by joerg
05081 is fo Octane LE
36705 stands for build date of 31st of December 1999
0001 is for the first amp built that day
That is a very early build date
Amp might have blue/white caps in it.
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:01 am
by jel847
joerg wrote:05081 is fo Octane LE
36705 stands for build date of 31st of December 1999
0001 is for the first amp built that day
That is a very early build date
Amp might have blue/white caps in it.
thank you! are the blue/white caps a bad thing? when did they start building the octane le's?
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:29 am
by ttocs
ohh oh me too me too!!!!
05081372940005
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:08 am
by joerg
ttocs wrote:ohh oh me too me too!!!!
05081372940005
Yours was number 5 built on 7th of february 2002
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:10 am
by ttocs
I will celebrate it next feb then, thanks....
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:11 am
by joerg
jel847 wrote:joerg wrote:05081 is fo Octane LE
36705 stands for build date of 31st of December 1999
0001 is for the first amp built that day
That is a very early build date
Amp might have blue/white caps in it.
thank you! are the blue/white caps a bad thing? when did they start building the octane le's?
Made a mistake here:
Yours was built on the 28th of June 2000! And the blue caps only indicate a very early Octane LE. I remember about an Octane LE that almost burnt up because of too old caps. So be carefull and never used it without a proper fuse upfront.
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:40 am
by ttocs
so is the blue caps bad as I thought mine were blue....
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:44 am
by jel847
anyone on this forum that does repairs and can replace the caps?
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:49 am
by ttocs
I already bought the caps to do it, there was page made where someone showed how they did it on their octane. I have just been too sick/busy.
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:10 am
by stipud
jel847 wrote:anyone on this forum that does repairs and can replace the caps?
valeks1
Re: Octane LE serial number decipher
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:06 pm
by vwdude
Sorry to bring this up from retirement, but i was trying to figure it out for the new registry.
so I think (correct me if I am wrong) but the date code is the number of days since January 1, 1900. if thats the case then Joerg is incorrect.
36705 divided by 365 is 100.561 or 100 with remainder of 205. so the year is 2000.
subtract 25 because of 25 leap years in the 100 years, and its the 180th day of 2000.
180 - 31 (days in january) is 149
149 - 29 (days in february) is 120
120 - 31 (days in March) 89
89 - 30 (days in April) is 59
59 - 31 (days in May) is 28
So June 28, 2000, which was a Wednesday. I was kind of shocked that they would make amps on new years eve, 1999.
whats throwing me off if that for the tenth anniversary amps the date codes range from 36661 to 38883 so
36661:Monday, May 15, 2000
38883:Wednesday, June 14, 2006
did they really make 10th anniversary amps for 6 years?