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Interstate Workaholic battery RAD1840 Date Code
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:58 am
by fineshot1
Per the Interstate Battery website or anywhere on the internet this appears to be a secret.
After using up all my credits with google no help with this.
I have a date code = ARFFA
This is a typical Jedi battery offered by Interstate Batteries.
7.2V 1400mAh NiCad
Inquiring minds would like to know!
Re: Interstate Workaholic battery RAD1840 Date Code
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:26 am
by wa6ylb
the AR portion is the supplier code. Not decoded.
The next letter is the month, in this case, June.
The next letter is the day of the month, 15th.
The last is the year, in this case 2010.
<From Date Codes.pdf - interstate battery>
DATE CODE – Interstate products
The date code format described below is used in most of our private-labeled packs and SLA batteries. The 5-character
code (SSMDY) is sometimes abbreviated to a 4-character code (SSMY).
First and Second characters are the SUPPLIER CODE
Third character is MONTH:
A January
B February
C March
D April
E May
F June
G July
H August
I September
J October
K November
L December
Fourth character is DAY of the month (used in 5-character date code only):
Last character is YEAR:
0 2000 9 2009
1 2001 A 2010
2 2002 B 2011
3 2003 C 2012
4 2004 D 2013
5 2005 E 2014
6 2006 F 2015
7 2007 G 2016
8 2008 H 2017
1 1st H 17th
2 2nd I 18th
3 3rd J 19th
4 4th K 20th
5 5th L 21st
6 6th M 22nd
7 7th N 23rd
8 8th O 24th
9 9th P 25th
A 10th Q 26th
B 11th R 27th
C 12th S 28th
D 13th T 29th
E 14th U 30th
F 15th V 31st
G 16th
EXAMPLES:
E4JPC
E4 = SUPPLIER
J = OCTOBER
P = 25TH DAY
C = 2012
E4JC
E4 = SUPPLIER
J = OCTOBER
C = 2012
Re: Interstate Workaholic battery RAD1840 Date Code
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:03 am
by fineshot1
wa6ylb wrote:the AR portion is the supplier code. Not decoded.
The next letter is the month, in this case, June.
The next letter is the day of the month, 15th.
The last is the year, in this case 2010.
<From Date Codes.pdf - interstate battery>
DATE CODE – Interstate products
The date code format described below is used in most of our private-labeled packs and SLA batteries. The 5-character
code (SSMDY) is sometimes abbreviated to a 4-character code (SSMY).
First and Second characters are the SUPPLIER CODE
Third character is MONTH:
A January
B February
C March
D April
E May
F June
G July
H August
I September
J October
K November
L December
Fourth character is DAY of the month (used in 5-character date code only):
Last character is YEAR:
0 2000 9 2009
1 2001 A 2010
2 2002 B 2011
3 2003 C 2012
4 2004 D 2013
5 2005 E 2014
6 2006 F 2015
7 2007 G 2016
8 2008 H 2017
1 1st H 17th
2 2nd I 18th
3 3rd J 19th
4 4th K 20th
5 5th L 21st
6 6th M 22nd
7 7th N 23rd
8 8th O 24th
9 9th P 25th
A 10th Q 26th
B 11th R 27th
C 12th S 28th
D 13th T 29th
E 14th U 30th
F 15th V 31st
G 16th
EXAMPLES:
E4JPC
E4 = SUPPLIER
J = OCTOBER
P = 25TH DAY
C = 2012
E4JC
E4 = SUPPLIER
J = OCTOBER
C = 2012
I saw all this on the website but this was stated to be for the vehicle batteries.
Nothing was stated regarding two way radio batteries regarding date codes.
Re: Interstate Workaholic battery RAD1840 Date Code
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:10 am
by wa6ylb
Its what is on our 2 way portable batterys.
Re: Interstate Workaholic battery RAD1840 Date Code
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 5:54 am
by fineshot1
[quote="wa6ylb"]the AR portion is the supplier code. Not decoded.
The next letter is the month, in this case, June.
The next letter is the day of the month, 15th.
The last is the year, in this case 2010.
<From Date Codes.pdf - interstate battery>
DATE CODE – Interstate products
The date code format described below is used in most of our private-labeled packs and SLA batteries. The 5-character
code (SSMDY) is sometimes abbreviated to a 4-character code (SSMY).
SLA = "Sealed Lead Acid" as in most vehicle batteries,
and it is not clear what they mean by "private-labeled packs".
The RAD1840 has a typical Interstate battery Label on it.