Put the battery in a hard shell case, and attach something useful to the power, like a USB charger. Call it a off grid power bank. But if they inspect it the battery has to be in a shell of some sort. shrink wrap is not going to pass.
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Put a LED and a switch on it, call it an industrial capacity low intensity self contained illumination system 
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It needs to be impact resistant. The device is technically required to pass cert. Including a drop test.
If they chuck your battery onto a passenger plane like they do with luggage, and it catches fire later in flight, there will be hell to pay. Don’t risk it
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hmm this is quite troublesome
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Its sometimes cheaper to buy and have someone build the battery in that country than ship overseas. depending on the size of the pack
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Maybe if you take the cable which connects the 2 sides you could ship since it is only like 120wh then
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you mean split the pack in two?
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Yeah and ship the 2 parts separately
See how much it would cost to ship If it is only 120wh
That rule applies for carry on batteries, not shipping freight.
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How much can you ship up to?
Maybe if someone is coming over to the U.K. soon form the US then they could take with
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0Wh if uncontained…
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What counts as containing
If you stick it in a hard shell or fire proof bag ?
i rememeber you saying that you will be getting a deck form tomiboi…maybe he can ship me the deck and i can put the battery into it and ship the deck and battery to you?
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Short circuit protection, fused, impact resistant, cannot be triggered on by bumping.
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Yeah that could be an awesome idea
Would it get past like that
Does that count as containing
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These shipping rules came after a shipment of lithium cells caught fire and brought down a plane…
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its a hard case lol
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Yeah but…
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For me, this is not a rule but I say its a safe guideline. If you feel that you can hold the battery/device at table level, 4 feet off the ground and drop it onto solid concrete with no risk of damage that can cause short or fire, go ahead and claim it is safely contained.
A heatshrinked battery alone may not survive this.
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At least several layers of impact resistant foam and then tape until its waterproof
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