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Date Code On Car Battery

How to read the date stamp or sticker on a car battery. If you are unsure of how old a car battery is, the manufacturer often heat stamps a code onto the ba. To find, the date of manufacture look for the service stickers located on the under-carriage of the unit, whereas serial number can be on either the under-carriage or under the seat in the battery compartment Toddler Ride-ons (18-30 months) 6 Volt Sit In Ride-ons (3-6 years) 12 Volt Ride-ons (3-7 years).

PS, PSH, PSG and PG Series Product Date Codes The first five numeric characters represent the month, day and year of manufacture (MM/DD/Y) • The first two numbers identify the month, from 01 to 12. For example, March is 03 and November is 11. • The second two numbers specify the day of the month, from 01 to 31. • The fifth digit identifies the year from 0 to 9. This digit is repeated every 10 years. For example, 1 = 2001, 4 = 2004 etc. For example: 09016 would be broken down to September 1st, 2006 There may be additional alpha-numeric characters at the end of the date code. These are internal lot numbers or injection mold numbers and they have no bearing on the date of manufacture. Powersport Batteries Product Date Codes The first four characters represent the year, month and production line(Y/MM/*) • The first letter identifies the year, from A to Z. For example, E = 2005, F = 2006, G = 2007. • The second two numbers specify the month, from 01 to 12. • The fourth digit/letter identifies the factory code. This code does not reflect the date of manufacture. For example: F10Y would be broken down to October, 2006.

How to read the date code on an Interstate 12-volt and 6-volt automotive, commercial, or marine battery

A 4 or 5-digit shipping date code is engraved into the cover of each Interstate battery at the time the battery is shipped from the manufacturing plant. This code can only be seen when looking down on the top of the battery. The code is not on the label on the battery and it is not on the rim around the cover. The code is usually near one of the corners of the battery. This code tells when the battery was shipped from the factory to the local Interstate Battery wholesale distributor. The additional digits tell where the battery was made.

The first digit from the left side is a letter which stands for the month of the year. A = January; B = February; C = March, etc. The second digit from the left is the year that the battery was shipped from the factory. 4 = 2004, 5 = 2005, 6 = 2006, 7 = 2007, 8 = 2008, 9 = 2009, 0 = 2010, etc..

The national policy of Interstate Battery System is to recharge our batteries that are on a dealer's shelf or in our warehouse every 3 months in order to keep them fresh. Usually, a battery is sold to a consumer during the first 3 months after it is received from manufacturing plant.

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If the battery has been recharged by an Interstate Battery wholesale distributor then there will be another date code on the cover of the battery. It will either be a 2 digit code that is branded into the cover or is on a small round label that is on the cover. In each case, the code will be read in the same way: The first digit from the left is a letter that indicates the month that the battery was recharged (A = January, B = February, C = March, etc.). The second digit indicates the year that the battery was recharged (4 = 2004, 5 = 2005, 6 = 2006, 7 = 2007, 8 = 2008, 9 = 2009, 0 = 2010).

How to read the date code on Interstate batteries with part numbers that start with the letter “U”

Date Code On Car Battery

The date code on Interstate batteries which start with the letter 'U' such as the U2200 is 3 digits long. The code is engraved into the positive terminal. The first digit starting on the left side is a letter. “A' is for January, 'B' is for February, etc. The second digit from the left side is a number. 7 = 2007, 8 = 2008, 9 = 2009, 0 = 2010, etc.