Transportation regulations on battery containing equipment

From: ~Dude17~ (dude17_at_sacbeemail.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: 17 Aug 2004 13:17:35 -0700

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American Power Conversion's UPS's are shipped with one of the battery
leads disconnected claiming it's for compliance w/ Department of
Transportation regulations. I however find this hard to believe.
Most other battery powered equipment isn't designed with a battery
disconnect for transportation including other brand UPS's, portable
car starting box, iPods, some cordless phones, rechargeable flash
light and etc.

Seeing that most electronics/electrical items with battery isn't
designed with battery disconnect for transportation, I'm wondering if
their DOT regulation claim is true.

Are they presenting DOT advisory as "required regulations" to prevent
battery capacity from being depleted in storage(lead acid battery
suffers permanent damage if stored in less than fully charged state)
to minimize warranty battery replacement without saying "in order to
reduce warranty claims" ?

Relevant Pages

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  • Re: Transportation regulations on battery containing equipment
    ... >American Power Conversion's UPS's are shipped with one of the battery ... >disconnect for transportation including other brand UPS's, ... >Are they presenting DOT advisory as "required regulations" to prevent ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Intrepid speed speed sensor problems
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  • Re: Battery question
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  • Re: Welding on a modern car bumper
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