Airlines Impose New Restrictions on Batteries

[Jeff In North Georgia]

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this but thought it should be posted somewhere.

If your using Lithium batteries in your lap top or metal detector and plan to carry them as carry on luggage, you may want to read this.

Airlines Impose New Restrictions on Batteries : Christopher Null :
Yahoo! Tech
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/62899

[godisnum1]

I heard about this a couple of weeks ago. My mom works for Homeland & TSA, and I asked her about it... she just replied, "I don't know, I haven't checked my government e-mail lately." lol But as far as the batteries go, you can have them if they're IN your electronics. I believe they also said that it's alright to have them in the original battery package. All because a flight had caught on fire, and batteries "weren't ruled out" in the causes of the fire. Doubt this banning of battery thing has anything to do with it.

Bran <><

[EDDE]

batteries are hard to come by

[godisnum1]

batteries are hard to come by

Not really, but my rechargeable batteries I use aren't the most inexpensive thing to have to buy when I fly somewhere. I need 4 just for my DSLR, plus I always keep an extra 4 as backup's.

Bran <><

[jonnyrebel00]

I think they are going to ban clothing on airlines next. That way there is no possibility of anyone carrying anything.

[wreckdiver1715]

Some Lithium batteries are rated as safe to fly on commercial aircraft. You can go to the batteries manufacture web page and download the MSDS (material safety data sheet). This will tell you if your batteries are safe to fly with. There have been instances where lithium batteries have exploded and or caught fire, not a good thing at 35 thousand feet.

Tom

[godisnum1]

Just as an update, my mom let me know before I left that there is no current ban on batteries by TSA. It is an issue that is being looked into, but has not been put into affect as of right now. I just flew back up here to school on Friday and had no problems whatsoever bringing my Rayovac rechargeable batteries or the charger itself which I had them in. I actually had ALOT of electronics (basically my whole desk station) all crammed into my backpack and didn't have any issues... though they did stop it a couple of times on my backpack to look closer. But then again, I was the last person on my flight to come through the gates. lol

Bran <><