# Shipping an e-Bike battery **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585 "2020-01-17T21:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585/1 "2020-01-17T21:28:24Z")
I need to ship a lithium-ion battery for an electric bike within the US. I’m a person shipping it to another person (not a corporation with a shipping department). The battery is Phylion XH370-10J. It’s not charged, I haven’t used it in 2 years. How difficult is it going to be to ship this? What is the easiest way? It looks like USPS won’t take a battery that contains more than 2 gm of lithium and this battery weighs almost 10 lbs. I looked on the web sites for USPS, UPS, and FedEx to find out what the restrictions are. So my question is… Is it easy to ship such a battery, and what’s the easiest method? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585/2 "2020-01-17T22:09:42Z")
call or go to the local UPS and FedEx offices, they should tell you their rules. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585/3 "2020-01-17T22:17:24Z")
You can probably ship it via FedEx ground (Home, I think they call it now) with stiff hazmat fee. ($35 + shipping charges, IIRC) I think that is how my Lithium batteries have all arrived, including for an E-bike…but it has been several years. Also I think hazmat always requires a receiving signature, which can be a pain in the butt for working folks. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585/4 "2020-01-18T01:34:35Z")
Go to eBay and search for comparable items: > **[ebike battery for sale | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ebike%2Bbattery&_sop=12)** > > Get the best deals for ebike battery at eBay.com. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! Click on the Shipping and Payments heading (right of the description) to see what they are using. Looking at a few entries my impression is that they are simply using standard ground shipping–not haz-mat service. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585/5 "2020-01-18T14:22:42Z")
Here’s a link to the [UPS guide](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjW-7KerI3nAhVUK80KHc3PDkwQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ups.com%2Fassets%2Fresources%2Fmedia%2Fen_US%2Fpack_ship_batteries.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0LSYZRizi62S541OeZaQ0j) to shipping batteries. And the [FedEx Guide](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=2ahUKEwjW-7KerI3nAhVUK80KHc3PDkwQFjAKegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fedex.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Ffedex%2Fus-united-states%2Fservices%2FShipping-Lithium-Batteries-via-FedEx-Ground.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3gjLhYDiUlksaOfoX1j4fP) ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-an-e-bike-battery/846585/6 "2020-01-18T21:31:12Z")
I brought it to our local UPS Store to ship by ground, and told them what it was. They said they could not ship it. They said that _maybe_ the main UPS depot could take it, but I’d need to provide documentation about watt-hours, etc. (which I do not have). So I took it to the Fedex store to ship by ground, and said it was bike parts, and had no problem. I debated telling them what it was just to find out if they’d take it, but I chickened out because I didn’t want to have to go to yet a third place.