Kris, You should find all the information you need in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. The current edition is the 46th Edition, effective 01 Jan 2005 to 31 Dec 2005, ISBN 92-9195-318-0. There will be a new edition published in December for 2006. There may be amendments to the current edition, and these can be found on the IATA website www.iata.org/dangerousgoods . There are a number of different UN Nos associated with batteries and battery powered equipment:-
UN3292 - batteries, containing sodium UN3028 - batteries, dry, containing potassium hydroxide, solid UN2794 - batteries, wet, filled with acid UN2795 - batteries, wet, filled with alkali UN2800 - batteries, wet, non-spillable UN3171 - battery-powered equipment UN3090 - Lithium batteries UN3091 - Lithium batteries contained in equipment UN3091 - Lithium batteries packed with equipment I hope this helps. Best regards Neil R. Barker CEng MIEE FSEE MIEEE Manager Compliance Engineering e2v technologies (uk) ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: (+44) 1245 453616 Fax: (+44) 1245 453410 Mob: (+44) 7801 723735 From: Carpentier Kristiaan [mailto:kristiaan.carpent...@thomson.net] Sent: 14 October 2005 16:47 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Air transport of batteries Hi group, Are there any requirements on bulk transporting re-chargeable batteries by air ? Can these be shipped inside the product (like a battery pack in a notebook, a Li-ion battery in an iPod) or must such batteries be packed separately outside the product? Note: this is not about (batteries inside) PC's carried by passengers, but on cargo transport. Best regards, Kris Carpentier Regulatory & Approvals - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
