China airport checkpoint procedures: things to watch out for
#61
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To restate the rule, in case someone can't find it:
If it's 100Wh or below, you can pack it without prior approval. From 100Wh to 160Wh, you need the airline's approval, but you can't carry more than two power packs. Power packs over 160Wh are forbidden.
You'll have to convert mAh to Wh for your particular battery, since it depends on the voltage.
You also can't use your power pack on board.
If it's 100Wh or below, you can pack it without prior approval. From 100Wh to 160Wh, you need the airline's approval, but you can't carry more than two power packs. Power packs over 160Wh are forbidden.
You'll have to convert mAh to Wh for your particular battery, since it depends on the voltage.
You also can't use your power pack on board.
#68
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China doesn't like any unlabeled battery packs. If it's not labeled as a size below 100Wh it's prohibited.
#69
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Mine is one that comes from Taobao and is labelled as 200 kWh. So far so good, I pass through PVG on the average at least once a week, and occasionally go through PEK and CAN.
#70
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Certainly not, but if it really does that say that, I would seriously question the safety of that thing. Someone playing around with Lithium batteries should know to attach a proper rating label.
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Sorry, I didnt have it with me and probably remembered wrongly. Anyway, it says 20000 M, whatever that might mean. My point is still that I get through Chinese airport security just fine.
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Now, 20,000 mAh is and is legal to fly. Could you have missed the rest of the label?
#73
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As others said, 20000mAh is fine. 100Wh is what the limit is but Chinese security may be stricter. I am uncertain if they allow 100Wh. I have been carrying two 20000mAh power banks with me without problems. 200KWh is definitely bad. If it exists, the weight will even be more than your checked luggage. It is 2000 times the 100Wh limit.
#74
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Maybe I am being paranoid, but I am headed to Beijing in a couple of days and was wanting to take my mobile printer with me. It is a little Epson inkjet. TSA says it can fly with me in the cabin (it has a lithium ion battery) as long as I take it out when I go through the line, like my laptop. I am beginning to worry about returning from Beijing, probably because I had a little battery pack confiscated last trip because it allegedly was not marked with the mAh. Would hate to lose a $200 printer.
Anyone know if this will be an issue? All my flights are AA so the weight of my carry on will not be an issue.
Anyone know if this will be an issue? All my flights are AA so the weight of my carry on will not be an issue.
#75
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Maybe I am being paranoid, but I am headed to Beijing in a couple of days and was wanting to take my mobile printer with me. It is a little Epson inkjet. TSA says it can fly with me in the cabin (it has a lithium ion battery) as long as I take it out when I go through the line, like my laptop. I am beginning to worry about returning from Beijing, probably because I had a little battery pack confiscated last trip because it allegedly was not marked with the mAh. Would hate to lose a $200 printer.
Anyone know if this will be an issue? All my flights are AA so the weight of my carry on will not be an issue.
Anyone know if this will be an issue? All my flights are AA so the weight of my carry on will not be an issue.