Copy the serial and the separate model from the rating plate. Date letters can repeat across years; a model or independently known era can help select the documented interpretation.
Checks ENERGY STAR model records and searches manuals separately from the serial. Certification records do not establish this unit’s manufacture date.
The model is a separate label field. A few exactly verified GE model families can narrow repeating years using GE’s production windows; other models keep all supported date candidates.
Choose a system only when it matches the product family and its documentation. A purchase year or a manual’s publication date does not establish a manufacturing date.
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