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New FAA rules for Brick batteries? No carry on for international?

Jarek Zabczynski

Jarek Zabczynski

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Someone said I can't bring my bricks on a plane anymore. I've had no issues traveling in the US. I am going to Italy next week, I am told I need to ship them.
Did something change? I know this top comes up a lot.
 
My guess, the Dreamliner lithium-ion battery debacle might have made them a bit more apprehensive. They will have certainly examained lithium-ion batteries with a toothcomb and may have determined that none at all have a deserved place any higher above groundlevel than the camera mount. It is certainly within the realms of possibility that lithium batteries might be injured by relatively rapid atmospheric pressure changes. Once injured they are not fit to be near unless you want a footwarmer about a metre away downwind.

It is rather a pity for the Dreamliner as the decentralised battery deal is not such a bad idea versus a centralised and more vulnerable power supply and the heavy conductors required to distribute the power for heavy but often relatively shortlived peak power demands. I've no doubt they will get it sorted and camera batteries will inherit the tech pretty smartly thereafter.
 
I flew from the UK to Kyrgyzstan a couple of weeks ago, and didn't have any problem with Redvolts or v locks providing they were in my hand luggage - they wouldn't let anything go in the hold. It was useful having a translator present when the baggage xray queried what I was taking, and it was possible to explain. if you don't have this luxury I'd take a translation to explain they are camera batteries for a broadcast camera, which is what I shall do next time. Also, worth checking any rules with your carrier before travel, as of course it may be different flying out of the USA.

Alex
 
Wow Jarek I hope your source is wrong. There has been no change to my next airlines guidelines, so I'll just have a print out on hand of what they say they allow and go from there I think... Interested in how others viewing this though.
 
I bought Paglink instead of Red bricks because they supposedly are plane safe/certified...they also hot swap on to each other, which is pretty sweet
 
Jarek, I have had no such issues, and just traveled with 4 Bricks, but they were all 90Whour, before you could travel with 2 140Whour bricks and as many below 100Whour bricks, not sure if anything just changed overnight.

But I think whom ever told you so is wrong, I can't imagine all worldwide productions not bee allowed to carry on their Batteries when in need of them in a immediate situation at a global scale.

Either way count on me when in Italy to help you source out what ever you need in the Rome/Milan area, then you got David Battistella in Florence.
 
I think there is a limit to the size you can carry. Call your plane company and check with them (might take a couple of people on the phone to get an answer). I also know that in the Anton Bauer the HC and are the only ones ok to fly in carry on.
 
I flew to Italy late last year from the UK and across Europe a few weeks ago. Both times with 8 v-lock batteries and my RED in my Kata back pack. I took one of the certificates which shipped with my PAG's as proof of their chemical composition etc plus packed each one in a plastic bag so when I was stopped (each way on both trips) the chemical scanners in airport security just swabbed the bags/batteries and then let me go pretty quickly.
 
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