> From: Peter Loron peterl@standingwave.org

> This is scaremongering. There are literally billions of lithium=20
> secondary cells in use and vanishingly few fires. Yes, they can be=20
> dangerous if physically damaged, or abused electrically or thermally. If=
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> you are abusing cells in RC toys, then, yes you should be careful about=20
> charging them. Telling people to charge their iPhones outside on=20
> firebrick is just wrong.
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> -Pete

The Royal Mail now consider Lithium batteries to be a dangerous item (they =
don't mention Lithium cells!). Rather than reproduce the full text I will s=
imply post the URL:
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http://www.royalmail.com/personal/help-and-support/Tell-me-about-Restricted=
-Goods
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Whether its an over-reaction or not I won't comment but unfortunately some =
foreign suppliers have now jumped on this an excuse to ship without batteri=
es - without any cost reduction!
James
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