Lithium batteries set off metal detectors?

[farthingdr]

Hi, I am going on a trip tomorrow and I'm planning to use lithium batteries in my digital camera. I was wondering if they would set off a metal detector in a concert venue or airport, if I carried extras in a bag?

Any help you could offer before tomorrow would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much for your time!
farthngdr@appstate.edu

[mwfanelli]

Hi, I am going on a trip tomorrow and I'm planning to use lithium batteries in my digital camera. I was wondering if they would set off a metal detector in a concert venue or airport, if I carried extras in a bag?

Any help you could offer before tomorrow would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much for your time!
farthngdr@appstate.edu

Why are you carrying your extra batteries on your person rather than in carry-on luggage? In any case, you'll have to empty your pockets anyway so the question seems irrelevent.

[greghalliday]

Carrying extra batteries loose in a bag is a bad idea. Primarily that batteries can short themselves out if they contact anything metallic in the bag. And I agree with Micheal.

[farthingdr]

Thanks for your replies. But I was thinking more along the lines of metal detectors in concert venues.

And the reason I was going to take extra batteries in a bag is because the ones in my camera typically run out while I'm using it.

[SmartWombat]

The answer is yes, the case of the battery is metal, lithium is a metal, they should trigger a metal detector.

[another view]

The answer is yes, the case of the battery is metal, lithium is a metal, they should trigger a metal detector.

Just like the metal in the camera itself...