I have only seen A,B, or C used at the end of the Vertex Standard batteries. The (B), I believe, represents the shift at the factory that built the battery. The year 2001 started with the letter (A) so the (F) in front of the 43 represents the year while the (43) still represents the week of manufacture. In our example, the F43B on the lower right corner of the battery label identifies this battery as having been built in 2006. They do not use a numerical digit, but a letter from the alphabet, to identify the year of manufacture. Vertex Standard decided to follow a non traditional method of noting the age of a battery. We now switch to the Vertex Standard battery. The numbers following the year also represent the week and additional information of manufacture, along with information used by the factory as a means to track production and quality control. This serial number starts with the year listed in numerical form followed by a set of numbers. The HYT/Hytera batteries are assigned a serial number. The only drawback is that the exact date is not possible, so you would have to look at your invoice if it happens that your battery fails within the One year warranty. On the Tait battery the DOM: 0923 represents year 2009, 23rd week. Tait provides a user friendly acronym DOM before the date which stands for Date Of Manufacture.
MOTOROLA RADIO SERIAL NUMBER CHECK CODE
Thus a battery from Motorola or Tait with this date code means that it was manufactured on the 42nd week of 2007 or October of 2007. Motorola and Tait use a format where the year of manufacture is followed by the week of manufacture. I will start with Motorola and Tait branded batteries. I will provide a picture and explanation of the most common formats used in identifying the age of a battery. It is during this labeling process that the fun begins. Each battery provider starts with the year of manufacture followed by the week of the production run. It is not the guide lines but the format used that differs from vendor to vendor. Most follow some basic guide lines by noting the age of the battery. When a battery is shipped to a warehouse, before distributing to the end user, a code is imprinted. This will help in knowing the age of the battery found on the user’s radio.Įvery battery manufacturer, provider, or reseller provides a method of identifying when the battery was built and/or sold. Some of the common methods used by the different two-way radio battery manufacturers/providers will be explained. There are a few methods to identifying the age of a battery. How can the age of a battery be determined? Now that the importance of the battery and how long they last is available for reading.