On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 21:38, Bear Albrecht <W5VZB.NM@...> wrote:
Here's United Parcel Service's reference material about shipping Lithium
batteries:
Covers air and ground, and lithium ion and lithium metal. Flow charts
galore.
There's more stuff out there on the web that I'm still reading.
W5VZB
Test certificates, flow charts, not more than 30% charged, 27 pages in
length. Irrespective of what air regulations state, a lot of couriers have
much more restrictive practices. I wanted to get a battery for my
multimeter some time ago, and Digikey had exactly what I wanted, but would
not ship it to the UK. The small batteries from Farnell are often in
containers with warning labels on the outside. The courier company probably
insists on it.
I can understand why some sellers ship batteries - it makes their products
more attractive. I can understand why others will not - they feel it is too
risky.
I had a VNA calibration kit returned once from one country (forget which),
by a courier (DPD) as it was considered dangerous goods.
I had another VNA cal kit get held in customs somewhere, on the basis of it
being dangerous goods. After making various comments, the courier was
finally satisfied the goods were safe, so they were accepted. I can imagine
if anything has batteries in it, there's a far greater risk of things being
returned or even destroyed if a courier does not want to handle it.
--
Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET
Kirkby Microwave Ltd
Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, CHELMSFORD,
Essex, CM3 6DT, United Kingdom.
Registered in England and Wales as company number 08914892
Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100
