How to read the date of manufacture on a VLAD label

VLAD batteries are labelled with a collection of regulatory information on the voltage, capacity, technology, or recycling. One of the important information is the date of manufacture, that allows to manage preventive maintenance dates.

All these information are contained in the set of numbers below the barcode:

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1 • PRODUCT REFERENCE

The first 8 digits correspond to the reference product (88881161 in the example) VLAD

2 • DATE AND BATCH NUMBER

These 6 numbers break down as follows:

  • first 2 digits: No. manufacturing week (week 37 on the photo)
  • 2 following digits: year of manufacture (2015)
  • 2 last numbers: batch number (01)