# Battery-powered heat-producing devices (diving lamps, soldering equipment) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Battery-powered heat-producing devices (diving lamps, soldering equipment), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is restricted; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is Allowed with airline approval when a component (battery, fuse, heat element) is isolated to prevent unintentional activation and generation of heat, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Battery-powered heat-producing devices (diving lamps, soldering equipment)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Allowed with airline approval when a component (battery, fuse, heat element) is isolated to prevent unintentional activation and generation of heat.

## What the source says

> These are allowed in checked and carry-on baggage, with airline approval, when a component (battery, fuse, heat element) is isolated to prevent unintentional activation and generation of heat during transport.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/battery-heat-devices

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).