Originally Posted by
RC10Nick
there are so many regulations regarding the type, methods, and markings required for shipping lipos that it's easy to do something wrong. however, the size of the batteries that we typically ship fall short of being big enough to cause a headache with regulations. however, I would still highly recommend you talk with whoever you are shipping them (fedex, ups, etc) to ensure you are not violating any codes. from what I remember, something as simple as placing a piece of electrical tape to insulate the leads and prevent shorting the lipo is enough to make people happy with these small lipos. again, check with the courier. lipo's have brought down planes due to improper shipping methods. don't be the guy that brings down a plane.
I tried to find plane crashes linked to lipos, I only found 2 instances. One was a fire that happened on a plane in Dubai and was industrial type of batteries. The second on was a UPS plane, I couldn't find any definitive link between the crash and lipo's.
I would be interested in links to these plane crashes directly linked to Lipos
starting the chain of events that cause a plane to go down, not the lipos being a secondary cause.
In any event, every time I've shipped lipos through usps, they ask if the batteries are packaged separate from the device. I've never seen usps put a sticker on the box, but I could see that being a good idea.
Originally Posted by
vwdave
How can you legally mail lipos? Mail person always ask about hazards and such and one of the things she ask is lithium batteries
its only illegal to mail damaged lipo's, and greater than 1KW total energy(I think). From reading on the SMC page, SMC wont make batteries in the 4s higher than so many MAH because it would be illegal for him to ship them, or may have been he wont sell anything higher than 4s because your talking lots of stored energy.