Latest Rules on Sending Lithium Batteries via RMSD

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Quick question.

Is it OK to send a camera with a battery inside the camera and two spares wrapped separately?

Or do I have to remove the battery from the camera and have all three wrapped separately?

Thanks.
 
Don't believe so but I'm still unclear. The trouble seems to be when it is going by air.
I recently sent an old camera on eBay and looked at the terms of all the couriers.
Parcel force seemed to be the only one that allowed a battery in the camera.
The rest mentioned that batteries would be confiscated and packages may not be delivered.
 
Depends who you send it by.

Royal Mail seem OK with a battery in the camera body, I sent one recently with a spare battery included in the charger and they didn't seem to mind about that either.
 
In short, yes, so long as they're packaged and labelled correctly.

But the Royal Mail rules are a bit complicated depending on whether they're lithium ion or lithium metal, and whether they're connected to and/or packaged with the device they're intended to power. The definitive small print is here:
https://business.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/898/~/restricted-goods---uk

The underlying issue is to do with having batteries on aircraft. Royal Mail have these restrictions in place for domestic services because they use aircraft for even some of their domestic services. Some other carriers (DPD, TNT etc) do all their domestic stuff by road and only use aircraft for offshore and international services, so they can be less fussy about batteries in domestic parcels.
 
My local post office bod has it that they need to be in/attached to equipment, so one in camera another in the charger is ok, loose batteries are a no, least that is his take for rmsd of lithium ion from here hth.
 
As far as I am aware they need to be in the device or in their original packaging, last time I sent off a camera and spare batteries I informed the Post Office clerk and she put a sticker on the package to that effect.
 
My local P. O. accepts extra or single batteries as long as they are declared as being properly terminal protected and they apply a 'battery sticker' to the package.
 
That's right :) best to declare else they could have the package destroyed, the PO will simply put a sticker on the outside of the box
 
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i just post all my stuff by royal mail and tell them its a lens.
 
And I suspect that IF there was a problem and it could be traced to your package, the penalty could be fairly major.
 
The easiest way around dealing with clueless Post Office assistants is to get hold of a copy of the restricted items pamphlet from RM (or print the .PDF version) and take it with you when posting parcels containing batteries.

It's quite clear.

Electronic devices sent with lithium batteries

(including mobile phones, digital cameras, etc) where the battery is not connected to the device.

Packaging guidelines: The maximum number of lithium batteries allowed in each parcel is the minimum number required to power the device plus two spares.
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