This requirement is to ensure that proper training has occurred and that all applicable safety regulations are properly followed for such shipments.
Lithium ion battery ups ground.
This includes class 9 batteries that are packed with and contained in equipment.
Because of changes to the iata.
What type of lithium battery you are shipping lithium ion or lithium metal and whether you are shipping batteries packed without equipment batteries packed with equipment or batteries contained in equipment.
Ups ground service to or from alaska hawaii and puerto rico also must travel by aircraft for at least one flight segment and are thus treated as air shipments.
The rules for shipping lithium ion batteries by ground air and vessel change regularly.
In fact apc by schneider electric has already introduced li ion batteries to its back ups pro line of ups systems.
Shippers must know the latest requirements to avoid rejected shipments prevent incidents and short circuits in transit and protect against us dot hazmat fines now as high as 80 000 per day per violation.
Mackinac island mi winter only.
Packages used for lithium ion battery shipments need to be rugged enough to keep the batteries from being crushed.
The bass islands oh.
Effective july 1 2015 all existing customers and new customers who wish to ship lithium metal batteries without equipment un3090 via ups air services must obtain pre approval from ups airlines.
N1c lithium ion ups systems.
The key difference between a lithium ion battery and a lead acid battery is the mix of chemicals used in the electrodes and electrolyte within the battery.
Kelley s island oh and san juan islands wa.
Damaged defective or recalled lithium battery shipping is restricted to ground transportation by law and is only accepted by ups for the lower us 48 contiguous states and excludes service to alaska.
Compare the battery run times of n1c lithium ion ups systems to similar online double conversion models from apc cyberpower eaton and tripplite.
Please see figure 3 page 5 and figure 5 page 7 for additional information.
When it comes to price per minute of battery backup power nothing beats n1c.
Shipping of lithium ion cells 60 wh and batteries 300 wh and lithium metal cells 5 grams lithium per cell and 25 grams per battery as fully regulated class 9 hazardous materials.
In addition there are some battery types e g conventional dry cell.
Lithium ion batteries contained in equipment or lithium ion batteries packed with equipment 9 some of the battery types shown above may be shipped under regulatory exceptions that provide relief from the full requirements of the hazardous materials dangerous goods regulations.