Follow-up to Toxic gas emission from transponder (lithium batteries)
- Safety Flash
- Published on 1 September 2003
- Generated on 28 April 2026
- IMCA SF 11/03
- 1 minute read
Further to the information provided in safety flash 01/03 (Follow-up to Toxic gas emission from transponder (lithium batteries)), Kongsberg Simrad has now updated its transponder safety information.
This can be found at kongsberg-simrad.com by following ‘Products’, ‘Transponders’ then ‘Battery Safety’.
Users of alternative systems are advised to contact their own suppliers for product-specific information.
Related Safety Flashes
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IMCA SF 01/03
1 January 2003
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