This is in the news this morning, it could pose some major problems getting e-cig batteries.
FAA issues fire warning for lithium batteries - Yahoo! News
FAA issues fire warning for lithium batteries - Yahoo! News
FAA issues fire warning for lithium batteries.
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Exactly!! Everything uses Lithium Ion, so there is NO WAY they will stop shipping them, despite any remote danger. They are a necessity these days.
Eventually, they'll put some new safety regs in place, like location in plane and container requirements, but our society would grind to a halt without 'em!!
No 'teenage texters', no phone calls in elevators or buses? Perish the thought....I'm getting a Panic Attack just thinking about it!!!!!
I don't like the fact that the FAA chose not to disclose the temperature at which Li-Ion battereis become thermally unstable....or advise to the proper transportation of Li-Ions...
first off if Li-Ions are going to be taken on an airline whether in checked baggage or a carry on they should be in an appropriate carrier such as:
Cr2, CR123, AA, and AAA Batteries at Inanycase.com: inanycase.com - Memory Card Cases - Battery Cases
or
Carriers
anything that's going to protect the batteries from rattling around, terminals being contacted or shorting....a metal can like in the article isnt really appropriate
second so the info is out there:
LiMN or high drain cells are known otherwise as spinel cells and are more heat tolerant:
in either case... even in a cargo hold in the dead of summer I doubt that the temperature in a bag full of clothes gets to 265 degrees farenheit.... it's gotta be either improper transport....or the fact that they're being transported in an unpressurized cargo hold...raising the internal pressure of a battery to a dangerous level...
also I'm guessing that protected versus unprotected batteries play a part... since with a protected battery the physical protection features would kick in:
so the FAA....bad science and crap batteries all around in these tests that they're basing the warning on...
It's not like a government agency has never done anything like that before!
lol right?.... who the heck says let's take a handful of 3/4 charged Li-ion batteries and ship them in a metal drum so they're free to jostle around so the terminals can contact the container....it's like filling your pocket with change and then putting a bare Li-Ion battery in there too....you're going to get a burned leg
They just might decide all the batteries need to be shipped on a slow boat from China instead of by air.
Meh. The entire thing reads like a solution looking for a problem.
The batteries, when exposed to a fire, create an increased risk of having a worse fire. In other news, so does jet fuel, which planes carry thousands of pounds of every flight.
I'm personally more concerned with this throw away statement: "There are no fire suppression systems required in the main cabins of cargo or passenger planes."
Because... wtf...
The batteries, when exposed to a fire, create an increased risk of having a worse fire. In other news, so does jet fuel, which planes carry thousands of pounds of every flight.
I'm personally more concerned with this throw away statement: "There are no fire suppression systems required in the main cabins of cargo or passenger planes."
Because... wtf...
Don't current safety regs say that all Lithium ion batteries should be carried on rather than in checked bags? It's in the article- but not very clearly - that the warnings are related to lithium metal batteries- not lithium ion batteries.
I'd rather have no fire suppression system in the main cabin than a halon fire suppression system...
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Ah but two hours of pushin' broom buys and eight by twelve four-bit room
Lol much better!
Lol much better!
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