Keep the full serial and separate model from the unit label. Confirm the North American GE-built family; do not apply these rules automatically to UK/European Hotpoint or Indesit products.
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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