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Does anyone know if this is this still allowed? The light will have a battery in it and a spare one in the package.
Depends
I bought a petzl head torch with rechargeable battery, came via RM no problem
Was looking to buy new iphone battery, LION. Special courier only.
Hmmm...
Forbidden if they're on their own, depending what the battery is. Connected to the device or shipped with it, is okay.
https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/96
The light with the battery in it - probably OK
The loose battery in the package - dodgier ground. A loose 18650 probably not OK. A battery pack with a lead and connector, probably OK.
This does beg the question, just how do you go about buying Li-ion batteries which cannot be bought from the high street? I’ve noticed that DX.com don’t seem to send
Li-ion batteries to the UK any more, although they seem to be easily available via Amazon. As I use 14500 Li-ion batteries in a number of my smaller flashlights it becomes problematic when needing replacements. Even more so with 18650 cells, because there are no other alternatives, at least a 14500 can be replaced with a AA, but the output suffers from AA batteries being 1.5v instead of 3.7v.
It is a loose 18650, I'm hoping this means I'll be OK?
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