Posting battery

[Lemaildetom]

It has been already talked about and the correct link is here:

Prohibited and restricted items │ Mail │ Post Office

There are some restrictions on what you can send through the UK and international post, so it's best to make absolutely sure you know what’s allowed.

www.postoffice.co.uk

Still I am confused.
I want to send a camera with 2 batteries, one inside, one outside which will be in enclosed in a packaging withing the parcel.
From what I read I am posting it with the camera it is supposed to work with so it is good.
Right?

 

[ChrisH]

Just advise the post office there's a camera with battery. They will stick a label on it stating it has a battery in it. I've sent and received a few and never had a problem.

 

[droj]

Regarding Li-ion batteries, the RM stipulation above clearly says that " Batteries, specifically new and used lithium batteries when not sent with or connected to an electronic device " are forbidden.

Note, sent with OR connected - and your extra one will be being 'sent with' - so I reckon you're fine. Just tape / wrap the terminals so nothing can short them. And declare that the package contains batteries in / with equipment (if handing over at a PO counter you may well be asked what's in your package).

 

[rob-nikon]

Regarding Li-ion batteries, the RM stipulation above clearly says that " Batteries, specifically new and used lithium batteries when not sent with or connected to an electronic device " are forbidden.

Note, sent with OR connected - and your extra one will be being 'sent with' - so I reckon you're fine. Just tape / wrap the terminals so nothing can short them. And declare that the package contains batteries in / with equipment (if handing over at a PO counter you may well be asked what's in your package).

Yep that’s how I’ve always read it. The problems start when you are looking at sending batteries on their own. So far I’ve not found a single delivery company that will touch them.

 

[droj]

So far I’ve not found a single delivery company that will touch them.

Yet I recently bought a used Lithium camera battery which the seller sent on its own by Royal Mail (obviously w/o declaring it), & it arrived with no hassle.

So the whole business extends into a grey area. There must be loads of such batteries trucking up & down the land.

 

[Lemaildetom]

Yep that’s how I’ve always read it. The problems start when you are looking at sending batteries on their own. So far I’ve not found a single delivery company that will touch them.

Indeed, the same battery which I bought on its own a few months ago and was delivered by royal mail

and your extra one will be being 'sent with'

That's how I read it too so guess I'm fine.

Now why is this battery more likely to explode when it's on it's own compare to when it is on it's own bagged in the same box as a camera? I don't think there is a much science behind this...
I live in Orkney and 90% of the post live us by plane. I would understand if it was going on the boat instead but I believe it still go in the plane. I'll ask at the counter tomorrow to make sure and let you know if it take the plane or the boat.

 

[rob-nikon]

Yet I recently bought a used Lithium camera battery which the seller sent on its own by Royal Mail (obviously w/o declaring it), & it arrived with no hassle.

So the whole business extends into a grey area. There must be loads of such batteries trucking up & down the land.

There likely is as Royal Mail cant open every parcel to check if the sender has declared it correctly. There are different rules for commercial sellers and the general public. Commercial sellers can be trusted to pack them properly to pack them whereas the general public can’t.

The main reason for the rules is due to RMs use of air travel. A lithium battery fire on a plane wouldn’t be a good thing. Not all RM deliveries goes by air.