Then you'll have a hard time explaining why you have a battery on its own...
Genuine question, could you carry the battery in hand luggage and the rest of the laptop in hold luggage?On 31 July 2014 16:43, Deryck Chan <deryckchan@gmail.com> wrote:
Rechargeable batteries are banned from hold luggage and mail altogether.
So, while this is an admirable idea, I'm afraid bringing a completely inoperable (e.g. due to dead battery) machine wouldn't work. But I guess old laptops are still appreciated!
On 29 Jul 2014 03:09, "Chris McKenna" <cmckenna@sucs.org> wrote:>From what I have read about these new rules, it seems that they apply only to hand luggage so a broken laptop in your luggage case would seem OK (why you'd want a broken laptop with you on a flight I'm not sure anway!).
It will be worth checking with a more authorative source than me if you plan on doing this though.
Chris
On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Ellie Young wrote:
On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't know the English word for "aguafiestas",
wet blanket....
but anyway: in the security checks at the airports, if you can't turn on your laptop, they may confiscate it and you are going to have a bad time. Be careful with that.
Indeed. To be more specific, here are the new rules at the UK airports:
New Security Rules for the UK: A new security crackdown announced recently by the UK
Government means that all passengers flying INTO or OUT of the UK must ensure all
electronic devices being carried in hand luggage are sufficiently charged to be turned on. US
officials ordered some overseas airports with direct flights to the US, including Heathrow and
Manchester, to step up screening of electronic devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, shavers
and cameras. Any devices that can't be turned on might be confiscated.
Patricio
2014-07-28 15:18 GMT-03:00 HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell@ymail.com>:
Hi all,
One of our volunteers asked me to put out a call for broken laptops. If you have a broken laptop and you want somebody to help you fix it or you just want to see it recycled, please bring it along to Wikimania!
I imagine lots of us will have broken laptops knocking around, and this could be a great opportunity to bring them back to life or to recycle them properly.
So we have an idea of demand, please email me off-list if you're interested.
Thanks,
Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971
Skype: harry_j_mitchell
_______________________________________________
Wikimania-l mailing list
Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
--
Patricio Lorente
Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar
Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente
_______________________________________________
Wikimania-l mailing list
Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
----
Chris McKenna
cmckenna@sucs.org
www.sucs.org/~cmckenna
The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes,
but with the heart
Antoine de Saint Exupery
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia UK mailing list
wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia UK mailing list
wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
--tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990
Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia UK mailing list
wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk