But it's OK for an approved shipper to ship them in cardboard boxes?
No, its not okay for a shipper to ship them in cardboard boxes!
In CJL's deffence, i was being a turd.... They have to ship per DOT regulation in approved packing.(hazmat packing) i guess, they treat the cardboard with non-flamable suppressant. its also more dense like me.(to keep it from CJL's deffinition of combustion- which is actualy flamability.)
This is where DOT actually does testing. You can find a lot of RCS's Dot approvals out there on the web.
It has to be contained in a non-static plastic, and some other qualificaitons that i'm not an expert on.
From what i see, the shippers methods are approved, not, the shipper follows dot(although they do and are told to follow regulations..) and gets approved.
The problem i had with that assertion of NFPA, was that it is without regard to a real specific requirement.
What are the goals of safe storage of motors. To me this is a serious thing.
Not, lets type somehting that has zero meaning, and just sounds good at the time.
Plastic is considered a non combustable, and is the worst thing you could store a motor in imo..(if there is a fire, its toxic as heck)
In fire protection you have 1 goal in mind to be effective. That eludes nafpa in this case. Is it to prevent combustion of material inside the box, or outside the box.
everyone here will have a different "opinion" of that.
My opinion..
its to contain and prevent the spread of energy from the box to the surrounding area. And, if NFPA wants to really make the hobby "safer" and more respectable, they will write a code that has some weight and not just ignorant fluff.
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