Guys,
Note that the rules are not what the news.com posting says! The rules
are for large extended life batteries, like on professional quality
cameras and my Thinkpad. If you do have an extended life battery, just
put it in a plastic bag and you are OK, according to the TSA. Catch the
press release on
http://phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/PHMSA/menuitem.ebdc7a8a7e39f2e55cf2031050248a0c/?vgnextoid=24e4ffc638ef6110VgnVCM1000001ecb7898RCRD
This is not exactly a hardship in my opinion.
Thank you greatly!
Peter
"My greatest strength as a consultant [or teacher] is to be ignorant,
and ask a few questions." -- Peter Drucker
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New security rules for batteries on planes
Posted by: "Paul Blumstein" [EMAIL PROTECTED] blumstein69
Date: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:48 pm ((PST))
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9838306-7.html?
part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
December 29, 2007 11:24 AM PST
New security rules for batteries on planes
Posted by Desiree Everts
If you don't want to lose your spare lithium batteries for your camera,
notebook or cell
phone, you might want to pack carefully for your next flight.
New rules from the Transportation and Security Administration that take
effect on January
1 ban travelers from carrying loose lithium batteries in checked
baggage. Passengers are
allowed to pack two spare batteries in their carry-on bag, as long as
they're in clear plastic
baggies.
Fortunately, you don't have to worry about the batteries that are
already installed in the
devices you're bringing. The TSA has said it's safe to check in items
like a laptop or iPhone
that already have the batteries in place.
The agency said that loose lithium batteries not installed in devices
pose a fire risk to
passenger planes. Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board
could not rule out
the possibility that lithium batteries started a fire in a plane at the
Philadelphia National
Airport last year, according to the Associated Press.
If you do plan on bringing spare batteries in your carry-on bag, be
aware of some other
rules: You can only bring batteries with an equivalent of up to 8 grams
of lithium content.
(Most batteries for cell phones and laptops meet this requirement.) And
for lithium metal
batteries, whether carried as a spare or installed in a device,
batteries are limited to 2
grams of lithium metal.
