Carrying electrical items as hand baggage

[jonboy]

Is it possible to carry on board , subject to usual hand baggage weight limitations, larger electrical items such as digi boxes, DVD players, hi fi etc . It is it BAA or the indivual airlines who set the restrictions?

[EMM]

As many of carry laptops back and forward I would have thought that the items you list would be OK.
provided they fit into the max bag size.

[jonboy]

tks EMM that what I think too. Has anyone carried digiboxes and the like through?

[ditzy]

The airline's website should list objects that are allowed to be carried through. You can take laptops through but have to place them individually through security.

[cereza]

I have taken a sky box on board in a holdall - no problem

[jonboy]

Tks Cereza - do you offer it up for scanning or just leave it in the holdall to be scanned as per normal procedure?

[cereza]

Treat it just like a laptop or a CD player - it has to be out of any bags or boxes when it goes through the scanner.
Make sure you can get it into your holdall so that you meet the carry-on luggage size rules.

[jonboy]

Thanks so much for the advice Cereza....

[Barry]

I have taken small electrical items over, in my hand baggage, on many visits to Portugal and have never been stopped. Don't think you will have a problem.

[maccasa]

Just to endorse that - I have carried dvd players, Sat receivers, HiFi amplifiers, water timers, through as hand luggage on Monarch, BMI baby and the infamous Ryanair - without any problems. In fact I have rarely been asked to take them out.

[jonboy]

Tks to all who posted. Waltzed through LGW security having firstly asked them to scan it separately.

JB