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importing lithium batteries.

  • 06-04-2020 01:32PM
    #1
    eddie73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭


    I am wondering does Addresspal do this?

    Importing batteries is deemed a flight risk and has been banned since 2017. Does anpost have a sailing service between the uk and Ireland?

    Camera batteries and chargers for specific models are very difficult to source here and am trying to find a way of getting a postal service for same. Thanks


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  • #2
    blackbird98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 531 ✭✭✭blackbird98


    I bought camera batteries from Wish, took a few weeks to get them. but they arrived without any issues


  • #3
    eddie73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭eddie73


    blackbird98 wrote: »
    I bought camera batteries from Wish, took a few weeks to get them. but they arrived without any issues


    Was that recently?

    Any attempt that I have made over the past 18 months to get camera batteries has failed. The customs intercept them due to them being a fight hazard apparently.


  • #4
    carrotcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭carrotcake


    I got a high-capacity power bank delivered with AddressPal six months ago. No issue, and there was even a sticker on the package indicating that it contained batteries.


  • #5
    whiterebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,561 ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    No they don't. Lithium Ion batteries are on their prohibited article list. Anyone putting these on a flight without correct hazardous paperwork can endanger the flight.


  • #6
    eddie73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭eddie73


    whiterebel wrote: »
    No they don't. Lithium Ion batteries are on their prohibited article list. Anyone putting these on a flight without correct hazardous paperwork can endanger the flight.

    https://www.batteryupgrade.ie/

    Would these suppliers be compliant?


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  • #7
    whiterebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,561 ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    eddie73 wrote: »
    https://www.batteryupgrade.ie/

    Would these suppliers be compliant?

    They probably ship by road, i think they may come from Holland? It is their problem to make sure it is compliant, not yours.


  • #8
    eddie73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭eddie73


    whiterebel wrote: »
    They probably ship by road, i think they may come from Holland? It is their problem to make sure it is compliant, not yours.


    Tnx for the heads up. I ended up getting sorted out locally (Dublin camera shop). Not taking the risk again.


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