Substance information for un 2800 batteries wet non spillable electric storage based on the hazardous materials table title 49 cfr 172 101 to assist in preparing a risk assessment for loading transporting and storing hazardous materials.
Non spillable battery hazmat.
B non spillable batteries offered for transportation or transported in accordance with this section are subject to the incident reporting requirements.
The batteries must be protected against short circuits and securely packaged.
Batteries are a common article of our modern society.
Substance information for un 2794 batteries wet filled with acid electric storage based on the hazardous materials table title 49 cfr 172 101 to assist in preparing a risk assessment for loading transporting and storing hazardous materials.
Please clarify how to package un 2800 batteries wet non spillable 8 pg iii to qualify for the exception in 173 159 e.
Batteries must meet criteria of non spillable as described in 49 cfr 173 159 f.
Cfr49 173 159a exceptions for non spillable batteries.
The battery and outer packaging must be plainly and durably marked non spillable or non spillable battery.
A exceptions for hazardous materials shipments in the following paragraphs are permitted only if this section is referenced for the specific hazardous material in the 172 101 table or in a packaging section in this part.
Exception a67 reads as follows.
The meaning is defined in the us by the code of federal regulations cfr 173 159a and the international air transport association iata section 4 4 special provision a67 as a battery containing no free flowing liquid and the electrolyte must not flow from a cracked case at 55.
A battery that is sealed is not necessarily non spillable.
Phmsa usdot does what it can to ensure the safe transportation of this hazardous material while accommodating the needs of manufacturers and.
No sealed lead acid batteries such as the ones used in apc upss are not considered hazardous shipping materials.
The battery must be capable of withstanding the following two tests without leakage of.
A list of additional resources on shipping and traveling with batteries the u s.
Us dot shipping name.
The packaging instruction number pin is 806 but there are exceptions that apply a48 and a67.
Paragraphs e and f of 173 159 specify the requirements a non spillable battery must meet.
Hazardous materials regulations and international.
All the batteries apc ships meet the requirements of un number 2800 batteries wet non spillable.
