You can find the model number on the LG website if you want to buy and choose a dryer. But if you already have a dryer and need to find information about it to find parts or find out how old it is. If you find out how old it is, you can decide if it is worth repairing. After all, if your dryer is over 15 years old, it may not be worth repairing it because it has reached the end of its useful life, and buying a new one would be more practical. You may need a used dryer. The most practical and reliable way to find information about your dryer is through information labels.
Information about information stickers
You should know that every dryer has two information stickers. One label is available to the user and contains brief information about the dryer: model and serial number. The purpose of this sticker is to quickly find the information you need. The second sticker is a larger sticker with the same information, also adding information about the country in which the dryer was assembled and a barcode.
Placement of stickers on the front dryer
There is always a small sticker on the front dryer under the laundry hatch. This sticker is placed in a place where the information is accessible, but if you wipe the dryer frequently, this sticker may lose the information. In this case, you will have to look for a second sticker.
The larger sticker is placed either on the back of the dryer or on the side. The purpose of this label is to duplicate the information, and the bar code is necessary to track the dryer during final assembly on the conveyor belt. This sticker also has a “Product Code”, this is the number of the chassis on which the dryer is made, as well as the version number of the chassis and for which region the dryer is made. Simply put, the model number is a marketing name, and the product code is information for specialists; this information is needed when selecting spare parts.
How to find information about your dryer if there are no labels on it
This situation is extremely rare, but it can still happen. Here’s how you can try to find information about your dryer. Take a picture of your dryer, open the picture in your browser, if you are doing it in Chrome, right click, a menu will appear, select search through Google, if you are using the EDGE browser, similar, only there will be a web search. The search program will find similar images, try to find a dryer similar to yours in them.
