Posting Li-Po's within the U.K. Help please!!

[trillian]

Yeah if it's ground only then IATA regs don't apply and what applies is something called ADR (Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road), but even that may not technically apply for UK only ground transport.

Lipos are classified as cat 9 dangerous goods, which is the lowest category (cat 1 being explosives ).

From what I have gathered so far, to transport cat 9 dangerous goods requires a certificate that you get from taking a half-day course and the cert is good for 2 years. (And, this may be training for the actual courier as opposed to just the packing and labelling for the vendor). I'm curious, just for my own knowledge, what the shops and manufacturers have to do in order to have the right paperwork that is recognised by RM and other couriers enabling them to post LiPos.

[The Tok'ra]

The sad thing is, the IATA and ADR regulations are not gong to help much if people are regularly sending li-po's through the mail without informing the courier what they are carrying, in order to save money on the postage costs. illegal or not, people are still doing it. I do agree that a 100 Watt Hour limit is a bit OTT, I bet it was nowhere near that just a few years ago.

[trillian]

Yeah the 100 wh limit is for air. But most (maybe all) UK couriers will not transport a Lipo of any size from an individual sender. (unless it is installed in a device, whereby it is magically rendered safe ).