Hey I was half asleep when I went to the post office and packed up the package the night before and forgot it included two AW IMR 18350's (realized when I got home and saw the list of things that needed to be packaged) and when they asked the question about the batteries I said no not even thinking about it. Everything was wrapped and bubble wrap and packed neatly and snuggly. My question is am I fine or should I call my Post office and tell them they are in there.. Need to here back ASAP and thanks for your replies
Shipping via USPS Priority Mail Question URGENT
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As long as they were new and shipped with a storage charge of 3.6v or 3.7v, and as long as they were individually packed in bubble wrap, they should be fine.
However, you should always disclose that you are shipping loose lithium ion cells. As long as they are shipped in the devices they are intended to be used in, they can go on a USPS aircraft. They transport individual cells via ground.
However, you should always disclose that you are shipping loose lithium ion cells. As long as they are shipped in the devices they are intended to be used in, they can go on a USPS aircraft. They transport individual cells via ground.
So these were loose batteries, i.e. not in a device?
I would call them. What's the worst that could happen?
You call them and explain what happened. They say nope, that's not allowed. They find the package and you have to pick it up and re-wrap it properly and ship it off again.
How does this apply to batteries shipping in battery cases. I guess these would also be considered "loose"?
This is the safe course of action.
If a driver in a ground vehicle has a fire caused by a battery going thermal, he can get out of the truck and run like hell.
Aircraft drivers, not so much.
Just called and they said since the size of the batteries are so small that it won't be a problem. Told the they were AW IMR's so they could look them up and they said as long as it is packaged well and snug that there will be no problem at all.
I can't find it now but a couple of months ago I read all the USPS directives. Small batteries like this are okay to ship. There's an arm-long list of various types of batteries and stuff containing them... IE: cell phones, etc... that are approved for shipping. As a side: the post office is in the process of loosening up even more to allow alcohol, perfume, etc because they're loosing too much business to UPS. That was on the news.
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