RE: Is a UPS a restricted item?
Oct 25, 2011 | 9:03 pm
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RE: Is a UPS a restricted item?
Hello,
I have a potential trip coming up where I will need to carry a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) with me. As these devices contain sealed lead acid batteries (that are leakproof), are these allowed to be carried in checked luggage?
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards
Lee
I have a potential trip coming up where I will need to carry a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) with me. As these devices contain sealed lead acid batteries (that are leakproof), are these allowed to be carried in checked luggage?
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards
Lee
Oct 25, 2011 | 9:52 pm
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Oct 26, 2011 | 5:51 am
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When carrying such a battery in carry on luggage, I have had a TSA x-ray operator get all testy and ask me if the battery contained "liquid." He clearly was hoping to have found a Big Catch (TM) and an excuse to confiscate my battery. My answer repeatedly used the terms nonspillable, absorbed-glass-mat (AGM), and no liquid, and he quit bugging me.
Oct 26, 2011 | 6:15 pm
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And if you were a bad guy, wouldn't you have answered very convincingly the identical way?
And then you could have waltzed onto the plane and tried to take it over with your few ounces of acid.
Why do they even bother to discuss an item with the passenger if the bad guys would only lie, and the good guys would say the same thing?
And then you could have waltzed onto the plane and tried to take it over with your few ounces of acid.
Why do they even bother to discuss an item with the passenger if the bad guys would only lie, and the good guys would say the same thing?
Oct 26, 2011 | 9:01 pm
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And if you were a bad guy, wouldn't you have answered very convincingly the identical way?
And then you could have waltzed onto the plane and tried to take it over with your few ounces of acid.
Why do they even bother to discuss an item with the passenger if the bad guys would only lie, and the good guys would say the same thing?
And then you could have waltzed onto the plane and tried to take it over with your few ounces of acid.
Why do they even bother to discuss an item with the passenger if the bad guys would only lie, and the good guys would say the same thing?