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Batteries and Airplanes

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Travelling with Lithium Batteries Spare lithium batteries may not be carried checked in baggage. They may be installed in the rebreather and two spare lithium batteries may be hand carried. Preventing lithium batteries from short circuiting is very important to impeding the likelihood of overheating and fire. Always keep lithium batteries isolated from metal objects (e.g. jewelry, keys) or other conductive materials by enclosing each one separately and insulating terminals with a non-conductive material (e.g. electrical tape). Pack them so they cannot shift during transport. Physically damaged or dropped cells can become volatile. A lithium battery inside equipment is protected…

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Battery Fires

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It Worked We had some excitement at the house tonight. While entertaining Bill Stone and members of the United States Deep Caving Team on my back deck, we heard an explosion. We ran around the side of the house to find my “blast box” erupting flames from the side. The blast box was built to contain charging mishaps that seem almost inevitable with lithium batteries. (It is no wonder there are limitations for airline transport.) We managed to contain the fire and fortunately nobody was injured. Ironically I put up this video exactly one year ago on YouTube after a…

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