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EOS R6 Canon Battery Manufacture Date?

pat_ocnr — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:24:27 GMT

Hi,

I just got a Canon R6 and I was curious of the manufacture date of the battery. It's an LP-E6NH with a few numbers on it such as 3-30-2 and 2022119A. I believe the second number could be the manufacture date but I'm not sure.

Re: Canon Battery Manufacture Date?

rs-eos — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:28:51 GMT

In looking at the back of my LP-E6N batteries, there's a silver rectangle with a stamped/recessed date in the form YYYY MM (e.g. 2017 06). To the left is "製造日期/刈起" which does translate to "Date of manufacture".

Re: Canon Battery Manufacture Date?

normadel — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:06:24 GMT

What difference does it make when it was made? An LP-E6NH is a late-model battery, and being a lithium battery it doesn't go bad from age.

Re: Canon Battery Manufacture Date?

rs-eos — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:18:15 GMT

That's not true. While it is typically a low percentage of overall capacity, lithium batteries do degrade if just sitting unused.

Re: Canon Battery Manufacture Date?

pat_ocnr — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:18:33 GMT

Honestly, it doesn't make a difference. My curiosity just got the best of me so I figured I'd ask

Re: Canon Battery Manufacture Date?

p4pictures — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:48:28 GMT

The stamped date panel is not present on the LP-E6NH batteries, but is on the LP-E6N and LP-E6 batteries I have.