Funny follow up....
Removed the existing cells from my CK last night, installed by me 18months ago when I purchased the unit, supplied with it as a "new" set, was a shade greener at the time and just put them in without looking.
The (still working) cells coming out are plain R22D's dated F5 (June 2005) So where older when I installed them (November 2006) than the set of R22-2BUD's I'm now stressing over
One could say "Ignorance is bliss" but thats not really the point...
FWIW I emailed/called a couple of other suppliers, for the BUD's no one had anything newer than mine.
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