27 Jan 2023 8:37 pm
Lithium ion batteries are not allowed to be transported in unmonitored cargo compartments on passenger planes because of their propensity to burst into flames if they get shorted across anything metal or get too hot.Xavier_Onassis » 27 Jan 2023, 9:06 pm » wrote: ↑ Last weekend I went yard sailing, and I bought;. for $5 a 30 gig Ipod without a charge card or earplugs. The woman said she had not used it because her daughter lost the charger. It was not dented, and so I took it home, and plugged it in. It came on, but its battery was too weak to charge, as I suspected. My guess is that it was probably made in 2005 or so.
So online I ordered a battery from Amazon for $11.95 (others wanted as much as $39.95 PLUS SHIPPING!)
Today I got the battery and the installation tools, everything looks okay.
But on the box, Amazon stuck a label stating LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - FORBIDDEN FOR TRANSPORT ABOARD PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.
I am sure that someone actually came up with this prohibition, But since I am positive than 95% of all the passengers on any flight will have a cellphone with a lithium ion battery installed in it, I am curious about the silliness of this regulation..
This battery is about 2.5 inches wide by one inch high, and sealed in an envelope.
They burn hot as hell when the catch fire as well.
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