Shipping individual cells should be less restrictive than sending batteries, so I’m wondering what people have used in the past to do so.
Situation is that I have bought 48 30Q cells in the UK, and need them shipped to Latvia, but can’t find any courier that says that individual cells are okay. DHL seems to require it to be from an authorized shipper, and UPS has a whole document about batteries consisting of more than 1 cell, but doesn’t mention the rules on just regular cells. Any advice / past experience to share?
Look into it a bit more and I think you’ll find they prefer an enclosed battery than individual cells. Companies like nkon and fogstar pay for a certification to ship lithium cells around europe and abroad. If your battery is secured inside a difficult to remove enclosure (like on your board) it’s often easier to ship.
But with GLS I need to use their local branch/partner, which in the UK is parcelforce, who seem to be against batteries completely. (Side-note: In Latvia GLS’s local partner doesn’t even provide individuals with a way to send packages lol. Just receiving I guess.)
He used GLS. If my package from him hadn’t gotten lost by GLS I wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with
Also, since he has / is in the process of getting full licenses for his battery making service and stuff, he might have gone through the process of becoming an approved battery shipper.
I’m trying to ship cells within the UK. Edinburgh -> Manchester. Ground shipping, should be easy, right?
Hermes & DHL say no to any batteries.
DPD say no to lithium batteries. (If you’re an individual)
Parcel Force only allow batteries within a device.
GLS’s partner in UK is parcel force.
UPS are the only ones that say that cells bellow 20Wh are fine for ground shipments. However, when I toggle the option when purchasing that my package contains lithium ion batteries, I get this error, no matter what I say the package contains:
I’ve tried calling them, no answer. I think no one is working at their call centers because of the lockdown. Also sent them an email, but no response.
What have other people used? Maybe @BenF from Fogstar can help? (I was going to sell the cells to @mutantbass, but maybe just returning them is the easier option? )
For context: I’m ending my tenancy in the UK, and I don’t want these cells (50 Samsung 40T, unused) to go to waste.
Yea, the only way to ship a battery without a certificate is either to pay 200€ to dhl to package it, or dont tell them and use ground shipping from my knowledge.