A battery installed in a device isn't necessarily safe but it is safer
than an uninstalled battery since the primary cause of battery fires is
short circuits. Batteries in the passneger compartment are considered
OK since it is assumed that the crew will be able to handle a small fire
when they see it occur. Lithium fires in the cargo bay can't be handled
by conventional fire suppressants.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> The only news items I have seen about fires with lithium ion batteries
> have concerned installed batteries, either being used or being
> recharged. Yet the ban only affects uninstalled batteries? How does an
> unsafe device, if you accept that, become safe when it is inside a
> battery compartment? We have a nice sample group here. Has anyone's
> spare camera battery burst into flames?
>
> Just another hoop to jump through to make you feel like something is
> being done for your safety. Is the banning cameras and painting
> photographers as terrorists instead of perverts the next step?.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On / December 29, 2007 CE, at 9:03 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> This cargo hold ban affects both primary lithium and lithium-ion
>>
>> <http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/batteries.shtm>
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