[volt-nuts] A Fluke 732A: Return it or keep it?

[Tony]

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<david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk>
> To: 'Discussion of precise voltage measurement'<volt-nuts at febo.com>  
> 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:volt-nuts-bounces at febo.com  [mailto:volt-nuts-bounces at febo.com] 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
>
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