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Post by skinee on Dec 4, 2017 21:18:31 GMT -5
these bigger lihd batteries seem to be posing big delivery problems, I wanted a couple of the 7Ah ones but most sellers have either delivery restrictions and/or significantly more expensive delivery charges,they can not be flew and can only be delivered as road freight apparently,one seller quoting the same delivery charge as he would for a heavy machine on a pallet. I managed to nab a couple through a back door method,i ordered them through amazon where a seller has a storefront and avoided any nasty delivery charges.with ever increasing battery sizes these restrictions can only get worse especially for those of us a little further from the beaten track. the batteries/charger came in a metaloc case,its the first time I've seen one up close and personal,i'm impressed,it seems very robust,certainly a lot stronger and more likely to take a knock than systainers,I may get one or two more for various tools.
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Post by huntsgemein on Dec 5, 2017 4:59:08 GMT -5
There'a an awful lot of energy embodied within them thar ba'rees. Enough to do significant work, in fact. But we've all seen the you-tube videos: the effect of a lithium battery afire when things go wrong. Remember the Samsung pocket 'phone fiasco, or those Segway-style "hoverboards" that were all too willing to pyrotechnically self-destruct?
Frankly, if I were an aircraftsman, let alone a passenger, such is the risk of catastrophic destruction & death that I too would wish these deadly powerful devices be shipped by safer, more benign means too. Coming from the antipodes, a major proportion of my country's current consumption (with the exception of common foodstuffs) is invariably imported. It's costly, time consuming & inconvenient, but at least it's a little safer thanks to the ban on lithium battery airfreight.
To do otherwise is to invite catastrophy, if not yet another devious terrorist death-cult attempt at bringing down an airliner brim-filled with innocents.
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Post by kraftt on Dec 5, 2017 9:56:55 GMT -5
It’s worth considering that while there are restrictions against ‘non-essential’ use of cell phones and laptops in the cockpit informal surveys have suggested that pilots are rarely without them, along with every passenger and most of them are carrying laptops as well.
They may prod, scan, x-ray, grope, dissect, disembowel passengers before getting on the aircraft but the criminals loading luggage, who frequently assist in loading the real profit center on many flights - the cargo below, can put anything in there and they pretty much do. There is far less oversight, compared to passengers, about the examination of the air cargo. The bigger, newer the passenger plane the larger the cargo space below. Besides the corpse laying 3 feet below your seat is a new shipment of iPads and other electronics, chemicals, etc.
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Post by aas on Dec 6, 2017 15:27:03 GMT -5
the batteries/charger came in a metaloc case,its the first time I've seen one up close and personal,i'm impressed,it seems very robust,certainly a lot stronger and more likely to take a knock than systainers,I may get one or two more for various tools. They're a PITA on a day-to-day basis, clipping together and unclipping is frustrating, closing and opening sometimes can too be a struggle without two free hands - but yes they are strong
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