INDESIT/HOTPOINT/ARISTON/CREDA/CANNON 9digitSERIALNUMBERS&11digitINDUSTRIALCODES Explained
Belowisanexampleofaratingplatefoundonafridgefreezer.Mostproducttypeshaveasimilarlayoutand overrecentyearsmostmodelsuse9digitserialnumbersand11digitindustrialcodes.SeeExceptionspage2. Note:Pleaserefertothedatecodetable(onpage2)ifyouaregivenanoldGDAserialnumberwith8digits. TheSerialNumberalongwiththeIndustrialCodecanbefoundontheRatingPlateasdetailedintheexample belowfrommodelRFA70P:(notallproductshavethesamelayout,buttheinformationisthesame) Revision Sequential number of changes appliance on this specific day Day (2 digits) Commercial Code (positive ID for model) Month (2 digits) Factory where appliance was manufactured Year (1 digit) S/N=SerialNumber406250042 ismadeupfrom: 4=YearofManufacture(2004) 06=Month(June) 25=Dayofmonth(25th) 0042=Numberofappliancesproducedonthisday IndCode=IndustrialCodeXXXXXXXXXXX ismadeupfrom: First2digitsXX=Factorywhereappliancewasmanufactured Next5digitsXXXXX=CommercialCode(positiveIDformodeltype) Last4digitsXXXX=Revisionchanges(TechnicalorMarketingchangeonmodel) Insomeinstancesthelast4digitsareessentialtoidentifyacorrectpart. SerialNumberexamples: 712030023=2007/Dec/03rd orputitanotherwayitwasthe23rdapplianceproducedonthe3rdDecember2007 809120120=2008/Sept/12th orthe120thapplianceproducedonthe12thSeptember2008 901051120=2009/Jan/05th orthe1120thapplianceproducedonthe05thJanuary2009 P a g e |1 SerialNumberFormatIssue2March2010
INDESIT/HOTPOINT/ARISTON/CREDA/CANNON Old(GDA)8digitSERIALNUMBERS
BelowareexamplesoftwoOldstyleGDASerialNumbers: 3812034021623254 Usingthefirsttwodigitsoftheserialnumberandcrossreferencingthisonthetablebelowyoucanidentify theproductiondate.Theonlydrawbackwasthatthesamedatecodeswereusedevery8years,however theappearanceoftheproductmaygiveagoodindicationastowhichyeariscorrect. Usingtheabovetwoexamples: 21623254=datecode21=ProducedSeptember1979/1987/1995or2003 38120340=datecode38=ProducedFebruary1981/1989/1997or2005
DateCodeChart for8DigitSerialNumbers
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Note:Mostproducttypesnowuseasimilarlayoutasexplainedonthepreviouspage,wheremodelsuse9 digitserialnumbersand11digitindustrialcodes.

EXCEPTIONS:

Someproductsmaynotfolloweitherthe8,9or11digitstandardformatsie:MicrowaveOvens,Cooker HoodsandsomeAmericanstyleFridgeFreezers.
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