Dan For a coin cell, you are typically talking fractions of a gram, not grams. For shipping purposes you can ship cells/batteries equivalent to 3 or 4 AA size cells/batteries. Individual batteries only become a problem at C size and above. Some of the best information that I have found is on the Tadiran Batteries website; they seem to have explained all the international shipping regulations in simple terms with data for all cell/battery sizes.
Neil Barker Manager Central Quality e2v 106 Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QU, England Tel: +44 (0)1245 453616 Mobile: +44 (0)7801 723735 Fax: +44 (0)1245 453571 www.e2v.com <http://www.e2v.com/> P Consider the environment: do you really need to print this e mail? ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Roman Sent: 05 January 2009 15:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Lithium battery coin cell shipping restrictions Happy new year to all! DOT 49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, and 175 concerning the shipment of lithium batteries is in effect now. Not being a battery or shipping expert, I’m having a little trouble defining exactly the scope and definition. My interpretation has been that these batteries are not within the scope of this requirement based on reading Part 171, but customers are asking additional questions based on vague information from shipping companies’ web sites so I’m looking for further clarification. Are the coin cells that are typically used on computer motherboards for the real time clock in scope? I’ve looked at a couple of battery manufacturers web sites trying to find out how many grams of lithium are in the typical 2032 battery but have not had much luck. -- Dan Roman, N.C.E. Product Regulatory Engineer Dialogic Research Inc. 1515 State Rt. 10 Parsippany, NJ 07054-4538 *mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (Voice: +1 973-967-6485 Fax: +1 973-967-6262 Intranet: http://compliance.eicon.com/ <http://compliance.py.intel.com/> Internet: http://www.dialogic.com <http //www.intel.com/design/network/products/telecom/index.htm> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> Sent by E2V TECHNOLOGIES PLC or a member of the E2V group of companies. A company registered in England and Wales. Company number; 04439718. Registered address; 106 Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QU, UK. ______________________________________________________ ________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]>
