I've sometimes had to do some research to find a serial number on a product but I've never run into one like this before. I wouldn't have ever found this one without some help.

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It's a dumb place to put it. Cords can break and can be replaced. This one will lose the SN if it's replaced.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.