LiPo handling and safety
Every EmbeddedEra battery and battery-powered product links here, so the safety guidance lives in one place.
- Do not crush, puncture, open or heat a cell, or leave it in a hot car.
- Stop using it and move it somewhere non-flammable if it gets hot, swells or smells.
- Charge only with a charger made for single-cell (1S) lithium batteries.
- Check polarity before connecting; reversed polarity can damage the cell and your circuit.
- Insulate the leads when the cell is not connected so they cannot short.
- Recycle at a battery drop-off, never in household trash.
Shipping
Section titled “Shipping”Loose lithium cells ship only by ground services in the US, never by international mail. The store offers only the services that are allowed for each item.