The lithium battery issue is about the possibilities of a battery's
terminals shorting out by contacting a conductive material. Lithium
batteries have so much energy in them that the short could ignite a
fire. Almost all lithium batteries currently available include a
protective circuit in them to prevent this from happening, and
prevent internal shorting issues. Batteries more than a year old had
the problem. The TSA will allow batteries to be installed in a piece
of equipment. It it loose, spares, that they are worried about. They
want the spares to be in plastic bags to electrically isolate them.
Personally, I avoid planes as much as I can. I do not want to
contribute to the noise pollution problem that ruins much of the
USA's quiet spaces, and covers the skies in milky clouds. :-(
Bruce Rutkoski
--- In wrote:
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> I just flew from the USA to and from China, with three recorders
and a total
> of seven lithium ion rechargeable slip-on 1400 mah batteries, not
to mention
> 24 AA lithium Energizers. The only notice these drew -- passing
through DCA,
> MSP, Tokyo, Beijing, Tokyo, Detroit -- was that in Detroit (re-
entering the US)
> the TSA guys emptied my carryon gear case and wiped it down
checking for
> residues. No mention of lithium issues. But this was still 2007.
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