Dating GE small appliances

[fan-of-fans]

I was wondering if the GE small appliances had date codes or a way to date them.

I know the GE fans pre 1940 used a Form No. that you can date them with. However it seems the fans made after that have no codes or anything.

Two of my GE box fans have a mystery number on the bottom label. One I can't read, the other says P.S. No. 3202

Any idea what P.S. stands for? Production maybe?

Is this a date code? Also I have the box for this fan and the number 1165 is stamped in ink on it.

The GE electronics always seemed to use a 4 digit code on them, so I'm wondering if this is the same thing.

You'd think they'd have some way to figure out production dates to determine if it was still under warranty or not.

 

[cfz2882]

3-number code on some

I have found a 3 number code on some early 1980s GE smalls:last #of year,then 1-52 week of.no # for decade.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Thanks! That will be helpful if I come across any in the future.

Interestingly, I was looking at a GE small appliance I have, but made when Walmart was just rebranding stuff with the GE logo. It actually does have a 4 digit date code similar to the one on GE electronics. Appears to have the year and then week Thought that was a little odd given that GE didn't actually make any of the Walmart GE smalls.