Hero - MC40: How to determine the manufacture date for the battery of your device

Batteries operating at less than full capacity can impact the performance of your mobile
printer and the productivity of your workers. Today’s state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries
come with many benefits, including low weight, easy maintenance, high energy density
and low discharge rate. But no battery lasts forever, and as lithium ion batteries age,
their performance degrades.

This Support document will allow you to determine when the battery for your MC40 was manufactured.

 

In the image above the Battery ID contains information on the Pack Manufacture Date.

In the case of the sample image below the Battery ID (below barcode) is as follows

ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXX

ID:        TZ03HZ415G321BBB.A0837REV

ID:        123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP

The battery ID provided information on where the batteries as well as the cells in the batteries were manufactured, for the purpose of this support document we are interested in characters 6-9.

Character 6 will tell you what YEAR the Battery Pack was manufactured.
Character 7 will tell you the month the Battery Pack was manufactured

Characters 8/9 will tell you the date.

In the Example above: (Z415)

Z=2016

4=April

15= 15

this battery was manufactured on April 15, 2016

Character	Description
6	Pack Production Year Q: 2007 R: 2008  S: 2009 T: 2010 U:2011 V:2012 W: 2013 X:2014 Y: 2015 Z: 2016 A: 2017 B:2018 C:2019 D:2020
7	Pack Production Month 1: Jan  2: Feb  3:Mar  4:Apr  5:May  6:Jun  7:Jul  8:Aug  9: Sep                               A: Oct  B: Nov  C: Dec
8	Pack Production Date 01 to 31
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