Monday, December 31, 2007

2008 FAA rules on battery transport

You’re now limited in the number of large lithium batteries you can carry on, and don’t put any spares in checked bags.

Effective 1 January 2008, lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries face new restrictions for carriage on a passenger aircraft.
• Lithium batteries may not be placed in checked baggage unless installed in/on the powered device (thus, no spares in checked luggage).
• Unlimited numbers of small Li-ion batteries may be carried on as spares, but only 2 spares above 8 grams Li content (about 100 watt-hour capacity) may be carried, the total amount not to exceed 25g (about 300 watt-hours).  It appears that these “two large batteries” are in addition to the multiple small batteries you can carry, but read http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html to be sure. 
• Lithium-metal batteries face even tougher restrictions: Li-metal batteries over 2g are not permitted at all, either attached to devices or carried as spares. Fortunately, the most common Li-metal batteries we deal with are the little button cells that maintain camera clocks and memories; these are OK.

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