How to determine the date of manufacture of a Bosch battery

How to find out the date of manufacture of a battery produced after 2014

Since that time, Bosch battery manufacturers have changed the rules for marking the date of manufacture:

1 mark. Production Features.

2 mark. Conveyor belt number.

3 mark. Letter denoting the name of the plant where the battery was produced (same as before 2014.).

4, 5 and 6 digits. Date of issue, deciphered based on table data:

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Avg Sep Oct Nov Dec

2007	781	782	783	784	785	786	787	788	789	790	791	792
2008	881	882	883	884	885	886	887	888	889	890	891	892
2009	981	982	983	984	985	986	987	988	989	990	991	992
2010	001	002	003	004	005	006	007	008	009	010	011	012
2011	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112
2012	201	202	203	204	205	206	207	208	209	210	211	212
2013	301	302	303	304	305	306	307	308	309	310	311	312
2014	417	418	419	420	453	454	455	456	457	458	459	460
2015	517	518	519	520	553	554	555	556	557	558	559	560
2016	617	618	619	620	653	654	655	656	657	658	659	660
2017	717	718	719	720	753	754	755	756	757	758	759	760
2018	817	818	819	820	853	854	855	856	857	858	859	860
2019	917	918	919	920	953	954	955	956	957	958	959	960
2020	37	38	039	040	073	074	075	076	077	078	079	080
2021	137	138	139	140	173	174	175	176	177	178	179	180
2022	237	238	239	240	273	274	275	276	277	278	279	280
2023	337	338	339	340	373	374	375	376	377	378	379	380
2024	437	438	439	440	473	474	475	476	477	478	479	480
2025	537	538	539	540	573	574	575	576	577	578	579	580
2026	637	638	639	640	673	674	675	676	677	678	679	680
2027	737	738	739	740	773	774	775	776	777	778	779	780
2028	837	838	839	840	873	874	875	876	877	878	879	880
2029	937	938	939	940	973	974	975	976	977	978	979	980

The table has a search and horizontal scrolling.

It turns out that the procedure for deciphering the designation from 2014 became even more complicated, because now you also need to know the month code of the product. Checking these data by constantly checking them against two tables will require the motorist to be very attentive.

If you have trouble deciphering it, you can send it to us in the Комментарии и мнения владельцев and we will help decipher it.

Tyumen Battery Plant (Tyumen Battery)

The first two digits are the month of production, the next two are the year, the next two are the month, the last digit is the shift.

Gillette Magico, Extra Start, Graisburg, Golden Horse, Asian Horse, Black Horse, Power Horse, White Horse Battery factory SOMBOR (Serbia)

Place of marking on the cover: 1,2. last digits of the year, 3,4. week of the year, 5,6. service information. Example: 115022. 2011, week 50 (end of December).

Pilot, Pilot Silver, Elektroistochnik OOO, Saratov, Russia

Marking place. upper cover of the enclosure. Example: ZALITA 0512 (May 2012).

Zubr LLC JV Polesskie Accumulators

Marking location. upper left corner of battery cover. Example: 2G03E1. 2. year 2012, G. month (July), 03. date, E. assembly line, 1. capacity code (55 Ah). (A-January, B-February, C-March, D-April, E-May, F-June, G-July, H-August, J-September, K-October, L-November, M-December)

How to know the date of manufacture and marking of the battery

A battery is a product, the date of manufacture of which significantly affects its consumer characteristics. The freshness of the battery determines its performance and durability. Therefore, careful car owners when buying a battery assess not only the technical parameters. electrolyte density and values when checking the voltmeter. but also marking the date of manufacture.

Among the manufacturers adopted conditional storage time of batteries without recharging: for antimony batteries. up to three months, for hybrid batteries. up to six months, for calcium batteries. up to twelve months. Rechargeable batteries should be recharged before use in any case.

These terms are not absolute, much depends on the correct storage conditions of batteries.

There are no unified standards for battery marking by production date, it is placed differently on different batteries. We give the variants of the marking with deciphering of the most popular batteries.

We want to pay special attention to the fact that in the market there are unscrupulous sellers who overwrite the old date of manufacture of batteries (found on the battery Space in the city of Tbilisi). Ufa) and burn out a fresher one on the case, or knocked out on the pole terminal (terminal). In this case, buying a battery, you are buying a pig in a poke, it may be 3 years old and it has long zasulfated.

VARTA, Bosch, AFA, GIGAWATT (since 2014, new marking)

Attention! Since January 2014 the marking of Varta, Bosch, AFA, etc. batteries. has changed to the following:

VARTA and Bosch start to use new battery manufacturing date coding. Long code has 4,5,6 digits. The 4th digit is the year of manufacture, the 5th and 6th digit is the month code: January.17 Feb.18 March-19 April-20 May-53 June-54 July-55 August-56 September-57 October-58 November-59 December-60

Before 01.01.2014 marking had a different code.

The marking code was located on the top cover in the production code. The code consists of 24 characters, the fourth position stands for the year and the fifth through sixth position for the month.

G2C1050520991 536528 82E 09

In Bosch batteries, the date of manufacture is shown in the center of the front label and includes three digits indicating the year and month of manufacture. For example, 105. May 2011.

In addition, the date of manufacture of a VARTA battery can be determined by the colored circle on the label or on the lid of the battery. The color of the circle corresponds to a specific quarter. The manufacturer has now abandoned the color coding, leaving only the code marking, but the batteries produced before 2013 were color coded:

Battery markings

In addition to the encoded release date, there is also a basic marking on the battery. It encodes the starting characteristics and case design. Let’s break down the existing labeling standards to begin with.

GOST 2002 (outdated, the newer one is from 2008)

6 indicates the number of cylinders in the battery

ST. indicates that the battery is designed to start the engine, t.е. is a starter battery

indicates battery capacity in ampere hours.

A. battery with a common cover.

P. Packaged polyethylene septaor (M. myplast, but they’ve been out of production for a while now)

European EN standard

• Denotes 12-volt battery capacity range: (5. 1 to 99 Ah; 6. 100 to 199 Ah; 7. 200 to 299 Ah)
• Battery capacity, Ah (55, 60, 66, 77)
• Battery performance information
• Cold cranking current (in this case, 420A)

How do you know the date of manufacture of a battery?

Date of manufacture greatly affects the efficiency and duration of battery life, which is why experienced car owners when buying a battery choose it not only by technical data, but also by the date of manufacture of the battery.

There are no unified standards for marking the date of manufacture of the battery, on batteries of different manufacturers date is put in an encrypted form and not everyone can understand when exactly the battery was released.

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Forse, FB, FireBall, Uno, Dominator and Kursk battery

The marking code is printed on the battery cover and includes:

date of manufacture of batteries, information about the battery and conditions of production. The code consists of two groups of digits: the first group has four digits, the second group. Six digits: 1234 567890.

production line number 2, 3, 4. individual batch code 5. last digit of the year 6. half-year 7. sequential number of the month in the half-year

8,9. day (day of the month) 0. brigade number (2 digits are possible)

Marking Example: 2260 311321 Decoding:

The battery pack was manufactured on a production mower line. 260. individual batch code. Date of manufacture: 2013, 1st half year, 1st month, 21st date (January 21, 2013). Brigade Heavy battery group is labeled slightly differently. Example of heavy battery group marking: 14010243 Decoding:

The battery has a capacity of 140 A / h, produced in 2010, the 2nd half, the 4th month of the second half (October), the team

Batteries Tyumen Bear, Tyumen Batbear, Arctic Batbear, Yamal

The marking code is applied to the battery case on the opposite side from the central label using laser penmanship. The six digits on the back of the battery decipher MM.YYYY.

102011 Deciphering: Date of manufacture. October 2011.

An example of the marking of a heavy group of batteries: 1112 Decoding: Released in the 11th month of 2012.

Batteries Beast, Aktec, Orion

The marking code is on the top cover. Akteh batteries are marked according to the MM principle.GG.

0511 Deciphering: Date of production. May 2011.

VARTA and Bosch batteries

The marking code is located on the top cover in the production code. The code consists of 24 characters, the fourth position stands for the year and the fifth through sixth. for the month.

In Bosch batteries, the date of manufacture is duplicated in the center of the front label and contains three digits, indicating the year and month of manufacture. For example, 105 is May 2011.

In addition, the date of manufacture of a VARTA battery can be determined from the colored mug on the label or cover of the battery. The color of the circle corresponds to a particular quarter.

The date of manufacture is engraved on the top of the battery by laser peorization. The code consists of six digits, the first of which is the mowing line number, the second is the year, the third, the fourth is the month, the fifth, the sixth is the number.

410819 Decoding: Battery produced on second mowing line August 19, 2011.

Topla, Moratti batteries

On Topla batteries, the code is printed on the top of the case using a laser. Of the fourteen characters, the third, fourth indicates the year, and the fifth, sixth indicates the week.

The battery is manufactured in the sixth week of 2011 (t.е. in February).

The date of manufacture is given by the first 4 letters of the English alphabet engraved on the battery cover

DEBC stands for Serial Number of each letter in the English alphabet. alphabet

A-0 B-1 C-2 D-3 E-4 F-5 G-6 H-7 I-8 J-9 K-10 L-11 M-12

Code decoding: by the first 2 characters in the marking on the lid (under the handle): 2KJD24

2-last digit of the year (2012) K-order letter of the Latin alphabet (October)

А. January B. February. С. March D. April E. May F. June G. July H. August J. September K. October L. November M. December letter “I”. no marking

Panasonic, Furukawa Battery (SuperNova)

The production code is located on the label at the top (on the lid). over, Panasonic batteries have the code printed in paint, while Furukawa Battery has the code embossed on them. They are marked according to the principle of HF.MM.GH

Marking Example: 181011A Battery produced on October 18, 2011.

Cobat, Titan (Standard, Euro Silver, Arctic Silver, Asia Silver, Vaiper)

Since August 2011. The date of manufacture is printed on TUBOR batteries by means of a printer and a special combination of letters and numbers. Location. on the battery cover, in the center.

12345 1. day of the week 2, 3. sequential number of the week of the year (from 01 to 53) 4. year (Latin letter)

Year Letter 2011 H 2012 V 2013 N 2014 Z 2015 P 2016 A 2017 S 2018 T 2019 X 2020 L

Deciphering: 2- Tuesday 08- eighth week H- 2011 1- first shift. The battery was produced on February 22, 2011, in the first shift. Nowadays the batteries of the TUBOR plant are available for sale both in the old version of the marking, and in the new one, shown above.

How to find out the date of manufacture of a car battery?

Each automobile battery manufacturer has a coding that encodes the date of manufacture, country of manufacture, lot number, and other information. As a rule, the code is stamped directly on the battery, but some manufacturers indicate this information in the warranty card. For your convenience in determining the date of manufacture of the battery yourself, here are some examples of decoding of the coding of some manufacturers of car batteries:

Bosch, Varta

As of 2014, battery manufacturers Bosch and Varta are using a new date of manufacture coding. In the long code stamped on the battery, the 1st digit represents the manufacturer: A. Austria; C. Czech Republic; G. Spain; F. France; H. Germany. The 4th digit represents the year of manufacture, the 5th and 6th digits are the month code. The Bosch or Varta battery month codes: January 17, February 18, March 19, April 20, May 53, June 54, July 55, August 56, September 57, October 58, November 59, December 60.

Example: C7C7202312362. battery made in April 2017 in the Czech Republic.

Mutlu

Turkish Mutlu batteries are marked with six numbers on the top of the case. The 1st digit denotes the mower line production number, the 2nd digit is the year of manufacture, the 3rd and 4th digits are the month, the 5th and 6th digits are the number.

Example: 170521. battery manufactured May 21, 2017.

Tubor (Titan, Vaiper, Cobat, Bat)

Tubor batteries are marked as follows: the 1st position stands for the day of the week (1-7), the 2nd and the 3rd. week number (01-53), 4th position (Latin letter). year of manufacture, and the 5th is the shift number. The year of manufacture is indicated in Latin letters: Z. 2014, P. 2015, A. 2016, S. 2017, T. 2018, X. 2019, L. 2020.

Example: 226S1. battery manufactured June 20, 2017 on the first shift.

Medalist, American, Delkor

The five-digit code applied to the top of the case is used to mark the date of manufacture of batteries from South Korea’s Delkor. The first position is used to encode the year of manufacture, the second position is used to encode the 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).Example (on a Korean battery): 5AR18. battery manufactured in January 2015.

Chinese manufacturers of Medalist batteries analogues use the following markings: 1st letter (A) denotes the month (January), 2nd letter (G) denotes the year (7th letter in the Latin alphabet). 2017 г.), 0318- case type.

Example (on a Chinese battery): AG0318. battery was manufactured in January 2017.

Deciphering of Medalist Turkish batteries: C4091211H1243 C- year of manufacture 40912. traceability (traceability number) 1 line 1 change H. month 1243. sequential number Decoding of the year of manufacture:

The first letter in the code means the year of manufacture. In this example it is “H” = 2018.

Letter of the year	Year
C	2011
K	2012
T	2013
Z	2014
P	2015
J	2016
S	2017
H	2018
A	2019
E	2020
B	2021
Q	2022

The ninth letter in the code means the month of production. In the example it is “F” = the month of November.

Month	Letter of the Month
January	H
February	C
March	A
April	L
May	E
June	K
July	Y
August	B
September	J
October	I
November	F
December	D

Tyumen Bear, Yamal (Tyumen Battery, Space, Arctic, Buran)

Tyumen battery manufacturers mark the date of manufacture by laser peorization on the back of the case. The coding consists of six digits: the first two represent the month and the remaining four. year of production.

How to determine the date of manufacture of a battery

Each manufacturer gives the date of manufacture of a battery its own cipher. How to know the value of the code? It is common for all batteries from one company. So you need to determine the brand, the deciphering of the date of manufacture of batteries of this company is identical.

The most common code used by several companies is a set of 10 numbers. How to find out the date of manufacture of a battery by a ten-digit numeric code?

• 1-the number of the production flow;
• 2, 3,4. batch coding;
• 5 is the year of issue, the last digit;
• 6. first or second half of the year;
• 7 is the sequential month in that half year;
• 8,9. number;
• 0. number of the brigade

Manufacturers work under the designated code:

Forse, FB, Dominator, FireBall, Uno, Optimum, Kursk battery. How to decipher? Substitute the information from the code in place of the sequential digits, and you have the date of manufacture of the battery.

How to determine the date of manufacture of a car battery, if the digital code is six digits? This is the way the date is stamped on the batteries, made by: Tyumen Bathear, Arctic Batbear, Tyumen Bear, Yamal. This fully spells out the sequential month of the year and the year itself. 092016. October (09) 2021. Where is the date of production on the accumulators?? The six digits are lasered on the case that does not carry a center sticker.

The production date of the products Beast, Orion, Akteh is ciphered in 4 digits. the serial month of the year and the last 2 digits of the current year. 0615. June 2015. Look for the marking on the top cover.

To decipher the date of issue of the battery under the brands Asia, Silver, Euro Silver, Vaiper, Cobat, Titan, a mixed code of letters and numbers is used. Here the Latin letter representing the year is used. So, 2014. Z, 2015. P, 2021. A, 2017. S, 2021. T, and so on. Code 123T5 is deciphered:

Where you can find information? Look at the date of manufacture on the top center of the battery cover.

However, there are particularly complex ciphers, which in the date of manufacture contain all the information about this device. The guilty party in a factory defect will be found out at once.

Bosch Battery Series

Since we are interested in batteries for passenger cars, our brief review presents only these ranges. Among them there are practically no collapsible serviceable battery models.

Bosch S3

This series is designed for cars with minimum power consumption. If we talk about new cars, it’s mostly small cars. These batteries are also suitable for used cars made quite a long time ago.

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Despite its affordable price, Bosch S3 batteries have a decent quality and reliability. For pragmatic motorists, this battery will be the ideal choice.

Bosch S4 Silver

The most universal series of car batteries from Bosch guarantees stable power supply and reliable engine starting regardless of external temperature. This range includes models that can be fitted to most makes and models of passenger cars on the planet. All feature excellent performance and an unbeatable combination of cost and quality.

S4 Silver series batteries are recommended for European and Asian (produced in conformity with the JIS standard) vehicles with medium level of equipment, i.e. with average energy consumption.

Having increased starting current, these batteries operate confidently in all climatic zones, being easy to maintain and having durability as declared.

Other Bosch S4 Silver series advantages:

• 15% higher starting current and 20% longer service life of the “silver” series compared to similar models of other manufacturers;
• stable start of the power units in all climatic zones;
• Compliance with the requirements of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers.

Bosch S5 Silver Plus

Even more powerful line of batteries absorbed a lot of innovative solutions that helped to bring these batteries to a new level. The use of “silver technology” in manufacturing of plates and active zone allowed to increase significantly the starting current without increasing the dimensions of the battery. The company’s engineers also managed to increase the service life of S5 Silver Plus car batteries by 30%.

Russian consumers should take note: the manufacturer claims that these batteries provide reliable starting of the power unit at the most extreme subzero temperatures.

The choice of models is great, you can choose a model for almost any car, but we recommend S5 Silver for cars with a large number of consumers of electricity, as well as vehicles equipped with a powerful diesel engine.

It may be also noted that these batteries are ideally suited for work in an urban mode with short trips and long idling in traffic.

Bosch S5 EFB

In the manufacture of this series the battery uses proprietary Enhanced Flooded Battery technology, which acronym is shown in the name of the line. Its essence is the use of special envelopes enveloping the plates and having microscopic pores. The diameter of these holes is such that it prevents the leakage of electrolyte, but does not interfere with the flow of current. As a result, the active zone is held on the plate surface much better, increasing battery life.

• higher starting current in comparison with the S5 Silver Plus series;
• the possibility of use in cars equipped with the Start-Stop system;
• affordable cost;
• ability to provide an increased number of charge-discharge cycles.

Bosch S6 AGM HighTec

The newest AGM-battery series is characterized by increased resistance to multiple charging-discharging cycles and no fear of deep discharge. These batteries are completely maintenance-free and are more resistant to vibration and shock.

S6 AGM HighTec is recommended for luxury cars, SUVs and models with high energy consumption. These batteries have also proven themselves in water transport, as a power source for trailers, motor homes and similar vehicles.

• high vibration resistance and mechanical strength;
• absolute tightness;
• easy and safe to use;
• Can be installed horizontally.