Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Tips For Safety When Traveling With Hard To Find Batteries

By Marsha Klein


A lot of people are going for business trips and short vacations these days. During these trips, the person will have to bring electronic gadgets. These gadgets will require hard to find batteries, especially when one is going to an area where electricity is difficult to acquire. To those bringing such product, here are some of the safety measures necessary for packing the item.

The first safety tip that one has to remember when they are bringing this item to their trip is that they should pack this in their carry on luggage. This is because the flight crews have better capabilities of monitoring safety conditions in the passenger compartment. They can easily prevent incidents, especially since the fire extinguishers is near there.

Since the person is bringing the spare battery, there is a need to remember how to pack it in the bag. It is for the best if the battery is packed in its original retail packaging. This is the best method that the person can use in order to prevent any unintentional activation or even the short-circuiting of the said battery.

For those times when one has to bring a loose battery for the said trip, the most important thing is to make sure that the battery does not short-circuit. The best thing to ensure this is to isolate the product's terminals. Isolating the product's terminals can be done by placing tape across its own contacts.

There is also the possibility that the original packaging is not available anymore. If this is the case, then the person will just have to aim to insulate the terminals effectively. To do this, it is better to isolate the item from contact with any other metal or battery. The item should also be isolated in its own protective case or packaging. Do not put it together with jewelry, coins, or keys.

It is important to remember that a battery can only be charged when it is really rechargeable. Those that are non-rechargeable are not really designed for re-charging. If the person forces the charging of the said battery, it will just become hazardous once the person places the said battery into the battery charger.

In the case where the person charges a non-rechargeable battery, do not use the said product at all. Even more so, one should not bring the said product anywhere. This is especially true if the person is about to take a flight, aboard an aircraft. The person should not bring this product there since it will just be hazardous.

When the person has a rechargeable battery, then it is only proper to use a charger to recharge it. If this is the case, make sure to use the right kind of charger for this. The best choice is the charger designed for this battery.

Take measures to prevent puncturing, crushing, or putting high degree pressure on these spare hard to find batteries. If this ever happens, the likelihood of having an internal short-circuit is quite high. Once it goes into an internal short-circuit, it will result in overheating which is quite dangerous.




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