because that’s not “installed.” That’s leaving conductors attached to the battery terminals available to be shorted. “Installed” means into the electronics not into the bike frame. My point is there is zero doubt if you remove it and carry it on.

That may or may not actually be the case if it will short or not but I’ll bet you that’s exactly how TSA looks at it and probably the airline too. And the reason they look at it that way is there have been fires and resulting catastrophic crashes with loss of life from lithium fires. So, for them, there’s not a lot of leniency.

But my point is this - there is a LOT of confusion and bad information with the airlines policies and their understanding. And the same is true by TSA. Neither of them are going to sit and think about whether it’s installed properly or not when they have a plane to load. If they have any doubt, they’re going just say “no” and not permit it. That’s going to happen at the airport and then you’re screwed.