trimule wrote:
Has anyone actually had a problem with TSA or an airline over an internal DI2 battery? We're having to fly for the first time with a QR PR6 with the battery buried in the seat tube (SFO to MIA - no TBT service available and no one to accept UPS/FEDEX shipment at the AirBnB we are using). I know the voltage is well within the airline's allowed wattage but I'd hate to have a big problem at the last minute. A friend of ours recently had the DI2 external battery on her Cervelo confiscated at Zurich airport on her way to Nice 70.3. They would not allow her to take it on the plane (checked or carried) and she had to scramble to locate and purchase one on arrival.
I would assume that since most Shimano tri bikes now have DI2 that this is not a problem or I would have read about it by now -but?
i have a conference call with TSA on monday. i'll add this to the agenda. that said, the latest guidelines are that installed batteries are fine in checked luggage. i'll find out what the limits are in installed batteries. uninstalled (extra) batteries must be carried on board, in carry-on. the limit is 100 watt hours. a di2 battery is rated at 3.7 watt hours. so i don't see what the issue would be. nevertheless, we'll have this talk on monday.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman