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New Air Travel Restrictions With Batteries

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Posted by Laurie Wendt on December 31, 2007 at 9:06 PM
Just a heads up to anyone that hasn't heard there are some new air travel restrictions on batteries. I was surprised to read about this today. This may or may not effect some people. Read about it here

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/batteries.shtm
Posted by Ken Wyatt on January 1, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Thanks for the heads up Laurie.

Ken
Posted by Les Barstow on January 1, 2008 at 5:32 AM
Yet another reason to buy stock in Zip-Loc. Everyone be sure to either carry your batteries on with your camera, or seal them in baggies. There must be some poorly designed batteries out there, or this is just more busy-work by the TSA; most Lithium rechargeable batteries have recessed contacts that cannot come into contact with another battery's contacts or short-circuit from flat metallic objects such as coins.