Question about arcade monitor WGE1972-HOGS39L....is this a good monitor?

[2PacMan]

I recently bought a game in which the previous owner said a friend put in a brand new monitor, because the old one went out on him.  Now what i'm trying to figure out, is this really a 'brand new' monitor, or is it just a recapped monitor?  It looks fairly clean, but the guy could have just cleaned it, it is a little dusty, probably more dusty than a 'brand new" monitor would be.  It's a WGE1972-HOGS39L.  Here's a picture as i'm not sure if these are the original chassis or not.  Just trying to see if I got a good deal or not, because it looks like a brand new monitor of this style goes for a few hundred dollars. 

[Ken Layton]

If you go to the Wells-Gardner website you'll see the tech section with the model decoder. You have a k7200 series monitor which has been in production about 8 years now and just recently was discontinued. Be aware there are two versions: the k7200 (early production) and it was replaced by a k7200a (later production).

This is a good model. The early production run has been out long enough to need capacitors.

[2PacMan]

Thank you Ken.  Is there any way to tell if I have the k7200 or k7200A?  Is it written somewhere on the monitor?

Also, is there any way to tell the age of the monitor?  I know you said it could be up to 8 years old, but I am trying to figure out if this was brand new when he installed it a year ago, or if he just swapped it from another game.  I can't find any type of year information on the monitor anywhere.  Thank you for your help.

[Ken Layton]

Go to the Wells site and look for the serial number page. Late models like this one have the manufacturing date embedded in the serial number. They used to put a "Manufactured month/year" little white paper sticker on the metal chassis.