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The Battery Rush order is also tweeked a bit, they supplied a SigmasTek STX14AHL-BS battery which is a maintenance free battery bearing a burned in date code 170118. What was ordered was a UTX14AHL-BS from Adventure Power (the advertisement).
"Battery date codes typically are found on the tops of batteries, usually in one corner, and can only be seen when looking straight down at the tops of batteries. The first two digits in the date code are the most important. These are the digits that indicate both the month and year when the battery was shipped. The first digit is the month, indicated by a letter (A is January, B is February, and so on) and the second digit is the year (1 is 2011, 2 is 2012, and so on)."
So, my SigmasTek battery was assembled in January 2017 and shipped in February 2017 so it is likely pretty fresh. This SigmasTek STX14AHL is a little taller than the Apex Battery, so I will take it to the battery box to see if it fits. It fits fine, it is installed and it is charging, coming up from 12.96 volts as shipped .....
Note: the Apex battery has no date code stamping at all .... whatsoever. This is against regs to sell a wet cell battery with no date code unless is it one you add the acid to yourself to start the use cycle.
Also note: in both cases what was pictured on the order page was what was shipped, the text was wrong in many ways in both cases and the part number was wrong in both cases as well.
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