Lithium batteries... new regulations on the way!

[PSEUDOSENTIENT]

I don't know what effect this might have on lithium battery cost and availability, but wanted to let you know. Uncle Sam is on the move again, for better or worse.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...212976583750.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy

 

[someuser]

This event probably not going to effect li-ion cells. It's been years already that we can not load Li-ion batteries on planes. Nothing goes on the planes like laptops or anything with the potential to be dangerous. Personally I would not think too much on it. Li-ion are heavy so people are going to use land or sea method to ship li-ion cells across the globe.

 

[etc]

They are talking about cargo. apparently you can still take 123s in the carry-on. Or a spare laptop pack.

 

[Black Rose]

This event probably not going to effect li-ion cells. It's been years already that we can not load Li-ion batteries on planes. Nothing goes on the planes like laptops or anything with the potential to be dangerous.

It would seem that Li-Ion cells are allowed on planes as cargo if packaged properly.

One of the items noted regarding the investigation of the UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai a couple of weeks ago was whether Li-Ion cells were involved.
There were sensors on the plane that indicated exactly where the fire started in the cargo hold, so they were going to check the manifest to see what type of cargo was in that location and they specifically mentioned Li-Ion cells.

 

[DM51]

Wrong forum... moving to Batteries...

 

[Linger]

That's bothersome as many lithium batteries aren't dangerous. Consider the oxygen free IMR's: why should they be lumped into the same category when they can't burn?

 

[jasonck08]

That's bothersome as many lithium batteries aren't dangerous. Consider the oxygen free IMR's: why should they be lumped into the same category when they can't burn?

Because unless you do testing analysis on the cell itself, there is no way to tell it apart when you're looking in a box of bare cells. If they allowed IMR's and Lifepo4's but not LiCo's then people would try to disguise LiCo's as Lifepo4's and IMR's etc.

In China ALL BATTERIES are considered "dangerous goods" and for large quantities you usually have to go about shipping them a special way and there are additional fees.

 

[Bloke]

I want to buy a box of 50 4Sevens batteries and have them delivered to me in Australia.

I sent 4sevens an email asking them if they had ever encountered any problems with their battery shipments into Australia being confiscated/impounded
The reply I got was "This is a fairly common battery. We have never had problems exporting them."

I then rang Australia post who told me the batteries would be impounded due to the lithium content.

Who do I believe :shrug: