On 8 Mar 2014 05:57, "Charles Steinmetz" <csteinm...@yandex.com> wrote: > > Michael wrote: > >> The battery is big concern to me. When I called Fluke, one of the rep said it should be shipped to them "hot" Because 732A's battery life is very limited, it should be shipped using Morning Service. I was going to call FedEx if they have 12 hours service. And I belive most cal lab require the 732A to be delivered "hot." The manual says so. > > > No matter what you do, short of hand-delivering it if you live close enough, the internal battery does not have enough charge to reliably ship it, even overnight. You will need to build or buy a shipping container that has an auxiliary battery. Fluke sells external battery packs for $375, or you can make your own.
Be careful about shipping issues on high energy batteries. Depending on the capacity, they may need to be declared as dangerous goods. I recently needed to ship a Lithium Ion battery about the size of a laptop battery. The courier I normally use (Interparcel, who subcontract to UPS, Fedex or whoever one chooses), wont handle batteries. Going directly to Fedex, without having a contract, cost a fortune, although they would carry the battery. The fact a battery is external to the equipment makes it even more tricky to ship, since I guess there is more chance of a short developing in such a case. Dave _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.