Can Alkaline AA batteries be sent via USPS?

[castlemagicmemories]

I am thinking of sending a fiber optic tote bag in the mail as a gift.  I'm wondering if I can send AA batteries, installed in the bag, through USPS.  

I have researched this but the majority of info I find is about lithium batteries~even though I search under, Can I send AA batteries through USPS.

I think you can send AA batteries through the mail, but I am not sure.  I just want to know for certain.  

So I hope you can help me with this!  Does USPS allow you to send alkaline AA batteries in the mail like this?  It's not a problem to remove the batteries to send this, if need be.  I added the batteries to test to be sure the fiber optics on the bag were working.  It would be nice to send the gift so that it can work when it is received but if not, oh well.  Worse things can happen!

Many thanks for your help with this!  

[dougsue123b]

I have received them in the mail many times. I believe its only the lithium batteries because of the fire hazard.

[castlemagicmemories]

Thank you, that's what I thought, but didn't trust my instincts as I was not sure.

Tried calling some POs tonight but too late for them to answer.  Still, thought it was worth a shot.

Thanks again!

[hitechworldtrading]

Only in their retail package and only a small amount, or you have to declare If you made the item you can not send with batteries inside There must be no possibility the whole thing could catch fire even under abnormal circumstances (liquids spilled into package, package crushed or broken), and it must not act as a catalyst for existing fire (so can not contain certain chemicals that do not burn but may help a fire to burn more). For a small retail pack AA I wouldnt bother but they XRAY packages, suspicous things may become destroyed including with a controlled explosion.

[tiramisu41 · Accepted solution]

@castlemagicmemories - I asked one time at the PO as I had a gift I wanted to send that operated on a couple of AA batteries as well.  I was told it was no problem, but the batteries needed to be taken out of the item but could be included in the same package.    Makes no sense to me, but that's what they said. 

This page (look about half way down) also seems to indicate that still is the case regardless of the battery type: https://stamps.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/179/~/usps-content-restrictions

[castlemagicmemories]

@tiramisu41

Thank you!  I kind of felt like I was asking a silly question but you make me feel better as you questioned it as well.  

That's good to know.  And now that I think about it, I think I have received items that took batteries but the batteries were separate from the item.  

Thank you, really appreciate  your help!

[tiramisu41]

@castlemagicmemories, no worries.  Glad to help!  🙂

[castlemagicmemories]

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@tiramisu41 wrote:

@castlemagicmemories, no worries.  Glad to help!  🙂

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@tiramisu41

You're a sweetheart!

[femmefan1946]

but the batteries needed to be taken out of the item but could be included in the same package.    Makes no sense to me,

If the batteries are installed they are head to toe and carry a current.

When they are sold they are all the same way up and unconnected.

It makes sense to me, but I was an English major.

[tiramisu41]

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@femmefan1946 wrote:

but the batteries needed to be taken out of the item but could be included in the same package.    Makes no sense to me,

If the batteries are installed they are head to toe and carry a current.

When they are sold they are all the same way up and unconnected.

It makes sense to me, but I was an English major.

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Guess you've never seen one explode as a result of high heat which is not uncommon in the hold of an airplane which is not temperature-controlled.  

[castlemagicmemories]

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@hitechworldtrading wrote:
Only in their retail package and only a small amount, or you have to declare If you made the item you can not send with batteries inside There must be no possibility the whole thing could catch fire even under abnormal circumstances (liquids spilled into package, package crushed or broken), and it must not act as a catalyst for existing fire (so can not contain certain chemicals that do not burn but may help a fire to burn more). For a small retail pack AA I wouldnt bother but they XRAY packages, suspicous things may become destroyed including with a controlled explosion.

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Thye won't be in a retail package but it would just be three of them.  I wonder if I should just take these out.  I don't know what I would package them in.  Maybe I can consolidate a battery package and then have an extra one.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@tiramisu41 wrote:

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@femmefan1946 wrote:

but the batteries needed to be taken out of the item but could be included in the same package.    Makes no sense to me,

If the batteries are installed they are head to toe and carry a current.

When they are sold they are all the same way up and unconnected.

It makes sense to me, but I was an English major.

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Guess you've never seen one explode as a result of high heat which is not uncommon in the hold of an airplane which is not temperature-controlled.  

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And somehow that was what I was afraid of when I started questioning this.

[castlemagicmemories]

I understand that you can also wrap them in bubble wrap, secure them with tape, and send them that way.

Many thanks to a PM from a poster who shall remain anonymous.

[auventera]

I've been purchasing various batteries from D cell to watch batteries from Battery Barn or 15 years and they come USPS. So I don't see why not. 

[dilo-8873]

Hello,

I purchased a package of 48 AA alkaline batteries from The River. No problem with delivery. My thought is that if packaged separately, rather than installed in an item. It is okay?