I think everyone missed my point, Replace the current battery with ANY other type battery that is not destroyed by deep cyclng. Perhaps Ni-Mh would be better. Ni-Mh also has a very consistent output voltage (Low voltage drop) until nearly discharged. Also a quick Google search found a wealth of information on shipping Li-Ion and it appears the 732A batteries are right on the edge of no shipping restriction.
Thomas Knox > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 23:56:19 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] A Fluke 732A: Return it or keep it? > > Unfortunately the hazards are indeed very real. The regulations were > almost certainly introduced because a UPS cargo plane crashed in Dubai > in 2010, killing both crew, as a result of a catastrophic fire in the > cargo of 80,000 to 90,000 lithium batteries. > > http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324110404578625801602671408 > > And surprise, surprise: > > 'It added that shippers of some of the lithium battery cargo loaded onto > the plane in Hong Kong "did not properly declare these shipments" and > did not provide battery test reports recommended under U.N. aviation > guidelines.' > > (Which may be of interest to those buying those AD584LH voltage > reference modules containing a lithium battery from Ebay). > > And from > > http://www.flyingmag.com/news/ups-747-crash-highlights-lithium-battery-danger > > In a *recent report issued by the FAA in conjunction with Transport > Canada* <http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/pdf/TC-13-2.pdf>, the agencies > predicted there will be an average of six cargo plane crashes between > now and 2021, with four of them likely to be caused by battery fires. > Read more at > http://www.flyingmag.com/news/ups-747-crash-highlights-lithium-battery-danger#1FZYPdiLXxLz0Fby.99 > 'In a recent report issued by the FAA in conjunction with Transport > Canada, the agencies predicted there will be an average of six cargo > plane crashes between now and 2021, with four of them likely to be > caused by battery fires.' > > Tony H > > On 08/03/2014 22:32, Robert Atkinson wrote: > > Hi David, > > Our posts crossed. Note that the laptop battery has been independently > > safety tested. Or at least it should have been. Also you are no longer > > allowed to put batteries in you checked airline luggage, only carry-on and > > there are limits on the Lithium content (now expressed in WH to make it > > easier). This is pure safety addressing a very real hazard. The krytron > > restriction is ITAR (google it) as they are used to fire slapper detonators > > in nuclear weapons (that probably got a ping on a monitoring service;-). > > > > Robert G8RPI. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: David C. Partridge<[email protected]> > > To: 'Discussion of precise voltage measurement'<[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, 8 March 2014, 22:04 > > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] A Fluke 732A: Return it or keep it? > > > > > > You can ship a Li-Ion or Li-Po battery inside a laptop no problem, but not > > on its own. > > > > No it doesn't make sense except to the postal/shipping/airline safety types. > > Probably the same logic that applies to exporting krytrons (even though Made > > in China applies to these too).anymore). > > > > Regards, > > David Partridge > > -----Original Message----- > > From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Chuck Harris > > > > Sent: 08 March 2014 21:36 > > To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement > > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] A Fluke 732A: Return it or keep it? > > > > Surely that isn't true... otherwise laptop computers and cell phones > > wouldn't be allowed on board passenger aircraft. A laptop computer's > > battery would greatly exceed the power in the original 732A battery pack. > > > > -Chuck Harris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > volt-nuts mailing list [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go tohttps://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > > volt-nuts mailing list [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go tohttps://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
