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Stepping outside of my medical devices comfort zone to ask about the definition of "battery" battery used by IATA (and by extension, FAA) - let me know if this is the wrong forum to ask!
Basically, I am working with a device that contains a number of batteries, such that the relevant packing instruction is PI 967. IATA's definition of "battery" (ref., https://www.iata.org/contentassets/...b9/lithium-battery-guidance-document-2020.pdf) describes it as "...two or more cells or batteries which are electrically connected together". Each of the batteries is essentially a commercial battery pack (certified and packaged in insulating enclosure) comprised of a number of cells that are within the limits of Section II of PI 967, and each battery pack individually is also within the relevant limits.
What is unclear to me is if these batteries are electrically connected together, whether they would be considered individually or together as a single battery (of batteries) for the purposes of the packing instruction and come under Section I. Each battery pack is in its own packed enclosure and the design certainly treats them as separate, but the implication under these regulations when they are connected together is unclear.
Stepping outside of my medical devices comfort zone to ask about the definition of "battery" battery used by IATA (and by extension, FAA) - let me know if this is the wrong forum to ask!
Basically, I am working with a device that contains a number of batteries, such that the relevant packing instruction is PI 967. IATA's definition of "battery" (ref., https://www.iata.org/contentassets/...b9/lithium-battery-guidance-document-2020.pdf) describes it as "...two or more cells or batteries which are electrically connected together". Each of the batteries is essentially a commercial battery pack (certified and packaged in insulating enclosure) comprised of a number of cells that are within the limits of Section II of PI 967, and each battery pack individually is also within the relevant limits.
What is unclear to me is if these batteries are electrically connected together, whether they would be considered individually or together as a single battery (of batteries) for the purposes of the packing instruction and come under Section I. Each battery pack is in its own packed enclosure and the design certainly treats them as separate, but the implication under these regulations when they are connected together is unclear.