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KNB-33L decode {read} the battery made date?

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KNB-33L li-ion tk-3180
how do you decode {read} the battery dates? stamped on back of battery's

i have:
J09A
J33A
K14A
K27A
L43A
N16D

also any body using KNB43L Lithium Polymer 7.5v 3300mah Battery for Kenwood TK2180, TK3180, TK5210, TK5310
how are they working out for you?
thanks bob
 
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I will be watching this thread closely, even my dealer couldn't answer the question, I was all ready to take the dive and get a KNB-43L until I took it out of the box and it was the exact same size as the nickel metal hydride, I have one of those and it makes my 2180/NX210 suspenders dependent. I decided to stick with a new 33L which i noticed the newer ones are 2000mah instead of 1700mah. Also there was like a 30.00 price difference between the two packs. I love the 33L's size alot better.

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There should be a four digit code stamped on the casing. Sometimes it can be a sticker as well.

First two digits is the year manufactured and the last two are the month.

Here is the example I found searching for the same thing.

For Motorola, first digit indicates the year and the last two digits indicate the week. So, 732 would indicate 32nd week of 2007.


Hope that helps.
 
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Does kenwood have any information how to read the codes?
Good question!
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Thanks Guy's {our shop too, has yet to get back to me on this}

Our KNB-33L li-ion have stamped on back of the battery's "several of ours have":

J09A J33A K14A K27A L43A N16D
J's are oldest and the N16D best we recall might be 2 years old or so ?

on the other battery, I searched on google under shopping column best price I've found so far for
a KNB43L is $88.19
bob
 
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the date codes for knb-33l are as follows:first letter is the year,(k=2006,l=2007,m=2008,n=2009,o=2010,etc.) the next two numbers are the week of that year. the last letter is not important.
 
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I picked up some KNB-33L batteries recently. Can't quite figure out the date code. They range from:

T50IF to V14IG

If I follow the Letter = Year code in this thread then V would be 2017 which doesn't make sense. I've tried my local Kenwood dealer as well. He didn't know and was going to get back to me.

Thanks for any insight you may have!

Ben
 
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