What pisses me off is the UK post office won't allow me to ship a product with a GP23A ( tiny 12v battery) installed. Utter crap, but I guess there's a good reason somewhere that makes them take this stance.
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It might be, but They tend to lump all batteries in together regardless of chemistry etc. Even 40 years ago NiCds had to be fully discharged before I could take them as cabin baggage. Nowadays try getting batteries sent through the post from the likes of Farnell; last time I tried it was couriered.
If you want to overcome the "battery==bad" mentality, then in my experience you have to take the time to be able to demonstrate full adherence to the specific subsection of the regulations.
Given the lack of knowledge of both the counter staff /and/ the general public, I can't say I blame them.
It is, and has the energy of a very wet, damp squib. I think the rule is to ensure that there can be no chemical leakage from an 'installed' battery.Brand new, in unopened retail packaging is ok. Fitted inside a sealed plastic box with an on/off switch is not. however, you can send s/h lithium batteries no problem. They don't leak, but they can go spectacularly wrong.......
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