Flying with LED props

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What to know before you fly with your prop.

Perform props have a built-in lithium-ion battery. Airlines allow such devices in luggage under clear conditions. Here is a summary and a note you can print and put in your bag.

Luggage noteRules

Photo:Flying — switched-off prop in its case with the luggage note — to be supplied

• Capacity in Wh
• Rules
• Luggage note
• Support

Capacity in Wh

For batteries on a plane, what counts is the energy in watt-hours (Wh), not the mAh figure. The conversion:

Wh = mAh × V / 1000, where V is the nominal voltage of the cell.

• The battery in Perform props has a capacity of 3500 mAh at most. The exact figure for your product is on the product page in the e-shop.
• Each battery is a single Li-ion cell below 5 V, so its energy is less than 17.5 Wh — far below the 100 Wh limit.
• The exact Wh figure for each product will be added.

Rules

A summary of the general IATA rules for passengers with a device containing a Li-ion battery of up to 100 Wh:

• You may take the device in carry-on and in checked baggage without the airline’s approval.
• Electronics should preferably travel in carry-on baggage.
• In checked baggage the device must be completely switched off and protected from accidental activation.
• Each person may carry at most 15 such devices; more only with the airline’s approval.
• Spare batteries and power banks go in carry-on baggage only.

Source: IATA — Passengers travelling with lithium batteries (PDF). Your airline may have stricter rules and the rules change; check with your carrier before you travel.

Photo:Flying — prop packed in a hard case, button protected from being pressed — to be supplied

Preparing the prop for travel

1. Make sure the device is switched off. A reliable way: connect it to a charger for a moment and unplug the cable — the circuit switches off.
2. Pack it so that the button cannot be pressed by accident, for example in a hard case.
3. Put the USB cover on the port.
4. Put the printed note (below) in your bag.

Luggage note

Print this page (Ctrl+P / Cmd+P) — only the note is printed.

LED juggling prop with a Li-ion battery

This bag contains a Luxi Luxi LED juggling prop with a built-in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.

Battery capacity: 3500 mAh at most, less than 100 Wh per battery.

The device is switched off and packed so that it cannot switch on by itself.

It is not a spare battery or a power bank.

Manufacturer: Luxi Luxi s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic · info@luxiluxi.com

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