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importing lithium batteries.

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  • 06-04-2020 1:32pm
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    eddie73
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭


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


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    eddie73
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    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.


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    carrotcake
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    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.


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    whiterebel
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    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.


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    eddie73
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭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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    whiterebel
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    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.


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    eddie73
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭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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