Carefully protecting battery terminals to prevent sparking or short circuit.
Printable lithium ion battery label usps.
The shipping lithium batteries online course covers the latest rules that lithium battery shippers must know.
However there are currently six types of lithium batteries eligible for shipment in varying domestic or international quantities via usps.
In some cases such as with alkaline or certain nonspillable lead acid batteries your responsibilities may be limited to simple steps such as.
Lithium ion battery shipping label printable un3481 lithium ion label.
Consider this a friendly reminder to start using the new lithium battery marks and labels.
Get training to ship lithium batteries by ground air or ocean in 2019.
New mailing standards for lithium batteries.
Mailpieces must bear a dot approved lithium battery mark as specified in 49 cfr 173 185 c 3 i and exhibit 325 2a applied to the address side of the mailpiece.
Make your work easier by using a label.
And carefully preparing the interior.
For information on specific country restrictions please see the postal explorer or the individual country listings of the international mail manual.
Lithium metal battery un3090.
Effective march 2 2015 the postal service will revise publication 52 hazardous restricted and perishable mail in various sections to provide new standards for the mailing of lithium batteries.
Lithium ion batteries packed with the equipment they are intended to operate.
Yes you can ship lithium batteries via usps.
Whether the package contains lithium metal or lithium ion batteries or cells.
Make your work easier by using a label.
Labels are a means of identifying a product or container through a piece of fabric paper metal or plastic film onto which information about them is printed.
Lithium ion battery shipping label printable updt 008 1.
Lithium ion rechargeable battery contained in equipment un3481.
The postal service is now allowing specific quantities of lithium batteries when installed in the equipment they are intended to operate to be sent to many international destinations including army post office apo fleet post office fpo and diplomatic post office dpo locations when permitted by the destination or host country.
Selecting strong outer packaging.
The mark must indicate un3481 for lithium ion cells or batteries packed with equipment.
Publications publication 52 revision.
Customers can take to their local post office packages containing lithium batteries installed in electronic devices that are bound for many international destinations and army apo fleet fpo and diplomatic post office dpo locations.
Labels are a means of identifying a product or container through a piece of fabric paper metal or plastic film onto which information about them is printed.
All shipments containing lithium batteries or cells standalone packed with or installed in equipment must include markings or a lithium battery handling label and documentation that indicates.
Lithium ion rechargeable battery un3480.
These revisions were initially announced via a notice in the federal register on january 26 2015 80 fr 3996.
We have assembled this illustrative guide to help you safely pack and ship many kinds of batteries.
