I think they just need to be packaged certain ways.
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part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}comOn Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:03 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Drills can look like guns on Xrays. Could you not just ship them ahead via > something like UPS or FedEx, then ship them back? Or are lithium batteries > not allowed as cargo either? They must get shipped somehow, I doubt they > are getting to stores via mule train or Star Trek transporters. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nate Burke > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:38 PM > To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> > Subject: [AFMUG] Flying with Lithium Batteries > > I'm going with a group of High School kids from Church to the Bahamas this > summer to do hurricane relief construction. Has anyone flown with Drill > batteries recently? It looks like the FAA Allows Lithium batteries that > are > <=100 Watt Hour in your carry on bag, they are not allowed in checked > baggage. A Dewalt 20v, 5ah battery is 100WH. Has anyone flown with > batteries, do you have to do anything special in screening or anything? > > From this document > > https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ash/ash_programs/h > azmat/passenger_info/media/Airline_passengers_and_batteries.pdf > <https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ash/ash_programs/hazmat/passenger_info/media/Airline_passengers_and_batteries.pdf> > It says that chargers are considered volatile, and must be treated as > batteries, I'm not sure why that would be. According to the infographic it > seems that the battery can be in the checked bag if it's attached to a > tool? > That doesn't seem to make any sense. > > Nate > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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