I would like to ask to a friend to bring me a board with six Maxwell BCAP0310 on a airplane from EU to US.
Big wires, strange electronic products... large components... guess what could happen....
Google suggest to not place the item in the carry on, but in the checked bag.
Beside the discussion with some X-Ray/security guy that it is not a bomb, is there any regulation that prevent air travel with discharged super cap in a checked in baggage?
Thanks!
I suspect a lot will depend on their appearance, their demeanour, the airport, the alert level, and the alertness of the staff. Taking
anything across any border for "a friend" is likely to raise suspicions; just watch the various "Border Patrol" type programmes on TV
It would be sensible to take data sheets, purchase documentation, packaging, and anything else that might help to satisfy their inquisitiveness as to whether it is or isn't a homebrew device.
I have taken a transportable 10V voltage reference containing two 7Ah SLA cells on a flight as hand baggage (UK<->Germany), without trouble. At the check-in scanner I was smiling, and before and after it went through the X-ray machine I asked them whether they wanted to see what was in the bag.
In the past I have taken a camera through, and they asked me to switch it on. I couldn't, since it was a 1950 mechanical camera. They shrugged and waved me through