flying with can light battery

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wrybosome

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Is there any problem flying domestically with a 10Ah Li-ion battery in checked luggage if I uninstall the battery and cover the terminals?
 
I got hassled by TSA at Chicago Ohare. After testing for residues they said my 12v NIMH 108wh can light battery was not allowed on the plane and wanted to keep it. I had them ask a supervisor who barely glanced at it and said it was fine.
 
Problem with tsa. Is that they now have so many rules they don't even know what the rules actually are. Lucky they even knew it was a battery... OH MY GOD HE HAS TOO MUCH TOOTHPASTE IT COULD BE AN EXPLOSIVE! !!QUICK SERCH HIS COLON !! f the tsa.... sorry rant complete.

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The light head can be installed so the male contacts go into dummy safety receptacles. It sounds like I can leave the light installed and put it in checked if I have it in that position.
 
If you travel overseas with a canister in your carry on, keep an eye on security when they inspect it. Hong Kong airport sliced the packing in my canister with a knife to see what was behind it and as bad luck would have, my canister flooded on a dive and the seawater shorted it out and burned the entire unit.
 
If you travel overseas with a canister in your carry on, keep an eye on security when they inspect it. Hong Kong airport sliced the packing in my canister with a knife to see what was behind it and as bad luck would have, my canister flooded on a dive and the seawater shorted it out and burned the entire unit.

Ouch. Duly noted. This is just to Miami.
 
Having gone to Florida, Mexico and South America I have had no issues (Hawaii not so much). They seem to enforce TSA rules. All of that appears to work out on most days, but it may not if the clowns show up on any particular day. If you are hoping for consistency, rationality or coherence from domestic, or foreign, TSA good luck.
 
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