Travel Rules for Your Laptop Battery

Many people travel with an extra laptop battery. It is a good idea to have a well charged battery when going through airport security. In having the laptop hand checked through security, you may be asked to boot the machine to prove that it is functioning. It avoids a myriad of problems if the battery boots the laptop flawlessly. If the laptop fails to boot properly, the security people will check further and this is just a step that is to be avoided.

There are travel rules for your spare battery. For example, spare lithium batteries are not allowed in checked luggage. There are further rules for large batteries:

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A spare battery is an item that many people have with them for every day use. Little thought is given to having such items. However, there are detailed flight regulations over these common items. The travel rules vary from country to country - and are changing constantly. In the midst of security clearance, you do not want batteries to be an issue. Knowing these travel rules just avoids needless problems - and being an entry on some security data base.

Catherine Forsythe