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Nov 17, 2007 | 09:00 AM

thomasf59

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From: Papillion Ne 68133

Battery Question

Are motorcycle batterys date stamped so you can determine how long its been sitting on the shelve,before you purchase it?

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Nov 17, 2007 | 10:44 AM

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RE: Battery Question

I have seen a code kind of melted into the case before, I would guess the manufacturer uses itlike a serial number and could tell you the date it was made, I certainly wouldn't worry that much about it though.

Nov 17, 2007 | 11:25 AM

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RE: Battery Question

Date codes are often "melted" into the cases. The codes will vary by manufacturer but many use a code that is a letter followed by a number such as H6. The letter is the month of the year and the number the year. In this case, H (8th letter in the alphabet) would be August and 6 is 2006. This 2 character code may appear as part of a series of numbers stamped into the case, such as H68765B.

Again, not all mfg.s are the same