NMFC 61700 - Electrical Equipment, NOI | Class N/A
Article ID
61700
Mixed electrical gear, density-based under Item 61700
Freight Group
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT GROUP
Electrical Equipment Group covering many electronics
Class Range
N/A 0 classification
Class determined by density; follow Item 170
Hazardous
No
Non-hazardous; verify battery exemptions when applicable
Classification Details
NMFC
Description
Class
61700.00
Electrical Appliances, Equipment or Instruments, or Parts thereof, viz.: Adapters, electrical current (AC Adapters), see Note, item 61702, in boxes or crates; Aerials or Antennas, or Parts thereof, NOI, see Note, item 61703, in boxes, crates or Packages 2378 or 2455; Amplifiers, Preamplifiers, Receivers or Tuners, radio, separate or combined, see Note, item 61727, in boxes or Packages 829, 979, 2320 or 2396; Armatures, in packages; Armor Rods, aluminum, in packages; Backboards, telephone, steel, cast aluminum, wood, or plastic other than cellular or expanded, in boxes; Ballasts, lamp, not enclosed in lamp channels or chassis, in boxes; Bars, commutator, copper, in boxes; Bases, electric iron (flatiron or sadiron), steel, with or without electric heating units, in boxes; Batteries or Cells, not listed in 49 CFR 172.101, Hazardous Materials Table, see Note, item 60702, in boxes, see Note, item 60703; Battery Boxes, plastic, NOI, see Note, item 61704, in boxes or crates; Battery Boxes, steel, NOI, see Note, item 61704, in boxes or crates; Battery Chargers, including Cell Phone Chargers, in boxes, crates or Packages 829 or 1241; Battery Covers or Vents, plastic, NOI, in boxes or crates; Battery or Battery Booster Cables, with terminals or clamps attached, in boxes or Package 1273; Battery Insulating Partitions, paper, resin impregnated; plastic; rubber; rubber, mineral wool and diatomaceous earth combined; or wooden; in boxes; Battery Parts, lead, NOI, in boxes; Bells or Gongs, in boxes; Bicycle Lighting Outfits, in boxes; Blankets or Sheets, electric, in boxes or in Package 2272; Boards, printed circuit, NOI; other than components of data processing machines, systems or devices, see Note, item 61705; without separately manufactured electronic components; in boxes; Bodies, Shells or Sleeves, dry cell battery, sheet steel, without tops or bottoms, in boxes; Boxes, splice or outlet, outdoor weatherproof-type, cast aluminum or die mold zinc, in boxes; Brake Equipment, NOI, other than vehicle, in boxes or crates; Brushes or Combs, hair, in boxes; Bus Bar System, NOI, consisting of housings containing bus bars, with or without insulators, tapping connectors or trolleys, in boxes or crates or wrapped in double-faced corrugated fiberboard, see Notes, items 61706 and 61707; Bus Bars, NOI, aluminum, copper or iron or steel, in boxes; Bus Bars or Bus Bar Systems, data processing system, in boxes; Cable Assemblies or Harnesses, electrical wiring, NOI, see Note, item 61708, in packages; Cable Clamps or Joints, NOI, other than plastic, in packages; Cable Closures, or Cable Splicing or Encapsulating Kits, in boxes; Cable Racks or Hooks, nickel-copper, underground, in packages; Cables, Cable Sets, Wires or Wire Sets, spark plug or ignition, in boxes; Cables or Tapes, heat producing, consisting of insulated resistance wire with plug, with or without thermostat, in boxes; Cases or Covers, condenser or capacitor, plastic or plastic and aluminum combined, in boxes or Package 1078; Can Openers, with or without integral sharpeners or ice crushers, in boxes; Chimes, door, chromatic, in boxes; Circuit Breakers or Switches, including Air-Break Switches or Timing Switches, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Coaxial Transmission Line, metal, in straight lengths, see Note, item 61709, or Connecting Fittings therefor, in boxes or crates; Coils or Yokes, focus or deflection, television receiving set, in packages; Coin- or Currency-Operated Phonographs (Jukeboxes), in boxes; Compensators, in boxes or crates; Condensers or Condenser Parts, NOI, or Capacitors or Capacitor Parts, NOI, see Note, item 61710, in boxes, crates or Package 1273; Cords, power supply, for permanent attachment to electrical appliances, machines or tools, see Note, item 61711, in boxes; Corn Poppers, household, in boxes; Couplings, conduit, cast iron, inside diameter not less than two inches, without attachments, in packages; Covers, Cans, Cases, Frames, Housings, Shells or Shields, transformer, sheet steel, see Note, item 61711, in boxes; Curlers or Rollers, hair setting, see Note, item 61713, in boxes; Cut-outs, or Parts, NOI, in boxes or crates; Detectors, fire, gas, heat or smoke, or Smoke Alarms, with or without built-in emergency lighting units, in boxes; Devices, sound effect, electromechanical reverberation, in boxes; Dictating Machines, in boxes or Package 829; Dishes, baby foo warming, electric, with or without covers, in boxes; Distribution Boxes, marine cable strand, iron, without interior fittings, in packages; Dryers, footwear, in boxes; Duct Heaters, NOI, in boxes, crates or Packages 1241 or 1273; Earbuds, Earphones, Headphones or Headsets, in boxes; Electric Blanket Controls, in boxes; Electric Current Testers, with or without lathes or vises, in boxes, crates, drums or Packages 1241 or 1273; Electric Meter Sockets, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Electrical Appliances, Equipment or Instruments, or Parts thereof, NOI, in boxes, crates or Packages 829 or 1241; Electrical Enclosures, NOI, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Electrodes, arc lamp, metal, in boxes; Electrodes, electrostatic precipitator discharge, steel wire, in boxes; Electrodes, silicon carbide, in boxes; Electrolytic Cells (Electrolyzers), in boxes or crates; Electromagnetic Brakes, Clutches, Slip Couplings, or Dynamometers,separate or combined, with or without motors, see Note, item 61714; or Parts thereof, NOI; in boxes or crates; Elements, heating, or Heating Element Material, in flexible sheet form, see Note, item 61715, flat or rolled, wrapped or in boxes or crates; Extractors, juice (Juicers), countertop, in boxes or crates; Eye Bolts, insulated, or Insulator Pins, porcelain, steel and wood combined, in boxes; Fans, ceiling, with or without blades or complement of lighting fixtures in same or separate package, see Note, item 61716, in boxes; Fans, NOI, including Exhaust or Ventilating Fans, see Note, item 61717, in boxes, crates or Package 2237; Fans and Roof Ventilators combined, or Fans and Sidewall Ventilators combined, NOI, with exterior shrouds or cones, exhaust or ventilating, in boxes or crates, or steel-strapped to wood skid platform with shutter end crated; Ferrite-ceramic Articles, NOI, in boxes; Field Coils, generator or motor, in boxes; Filters, electrical or radio frequency interference, in boxes or crates; Fire Alarm or Police Patrol Boxes, in boxes or crates; Fittings, electric outlet box, iron or steel, see Note, item 61718, in bulk in boxes; Fittings, electrical conduit, NOI, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Food Slicers, household, in boxes; Foot Baths, Foot Spas or Foot Tubs, portable; with vibratory, whirlpool or other water-agitating apparatus, with or without heating apparatus, see Note, item 61719, in boxes; Frames, exterior television picture tube mounting, sheet steel, in half sections, interlaced, in boxes; Fresheners, Cleaners or Purifiers, air, portable, with or without night-light, in boxes or crates; Fryers (Deep Fryers), NOI, without covers or with covers in same package, in boxes, crates or Package 1082; Fuses, NOI, in boxes; Greenhouses, NOI, indoor, portable, with electric heating element or temperature control unit and accessories or other components necessary for operation, in boxes; Griddles, NOI, in boxes; Grips, handlebar, plastic or rubber, with integral heating elements, in boxes; Ground Clamps, in boxes; Gyro-compasses, in boxes or crates; Hair Dryers, in boxes or crates; Headsets, virtual reality (VR Headsets), see Note, item 61721, in boxes; Heat Regulating Apparatus, automatic, electrically controlled, or Parts thereof, NOI, in boxes; Heaters or Radiators, portable, NOI, with or without blowers or fans, in boxes or crates; Heaters, immersion, electric, in boxes; Heaters, parabolic, portable, with or without blowers or fans, in boxes; Heating Elements or Resistance Grids, NOI, in boxes, crates or Packages 1241 or 1273; Holders, Christmas tree, electrically equipped, with or without music box movements, in boxes; Humidifiers or Vaporizers, portable, NOI, in boxes; Irons, NOI, in boxes; Irons or Wands, hair crimping, curling, straightening, styling or waving, in boxes; Junction Boxes or Cabinets, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Kits, armature rewinding, in boxes; Kits, engine starting, without batteries (steel containers with cable, terminals and converter switch), in boxes; Kits, radio aerial, NOI, in boxes; Kits or Sets, electrical instrument assembly, see Note, item 61722, toy or other than toy, other than television receiving sets, in boxes; Knives, food slicing or carving, household, hand-held, in boxes; Leads or Lead Wires, electrical article or device, see Note, item 61723, in boxes; Lightning Arresters or Parts, NOI, in boxes or crates; Line Traps, carrier current, in boxes or crates; Loudspeakers or Speakers, NOI, in boxes; Machines or Units, blasting (Blasters), see Note, item 61724, in boxes; Magnetos or Parts, NOI, in boxes or crates; Magnets, electro, other than lifting, in boxes; Market Quotation Boards or Parts thereof, in boxes; Mast Kits, electric service entrance, in boxes; Mats, heating, plant propagation, with or without thermostats, in boxes; Mats or Pads, waterbed heating, with heat regulating controls, in boxes; Metal Inspecting Devices, magnetic, in boxes or crates; Mills or Grinders, coffee, household, in boxes; Mixers or Peelers, food, or Food Processors or Blenders, household, with or without attachments, in boxes or crates; Oscilloscopes or Waveform Analyzers, in boxes; Outlet Box Covers, other than outlet box plates, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Outlet Boxes, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Pads, heating, NOI, in boxes; Pads, moist-heat-treatment, with resistance wire and thermostat contained in woven lead filling, in boxes; Pans, frying, without covers or with covers in same package, in boxes or crates; Pedals, sound effects, see Note, item 61725, in boxes; Phonographs, or Phonograph Parts, NOI, in boxes or Package 829; Plates, battery, copper, lead or zinc, in boxes or crates; Plates, switch or outlet, other than outlet box covers, separate or combined, NOI, see Note, item 61726, in boxes; Players or Recorders, compact disc (CD), digital videodisc (DVD), videocassette (VCR) or videodisc, see Note, item 61727, in boxes or Packages 829, 979, 2320 or 2396; Radio or Television Receiving Set Chassis, Chassis Parts or Transformer Shields, sheet steel, or Electronic Tube Shields, other than television picture tube, or Shield Bases, sheet steel or brass, plated or not plated; without wiring or other electrical apparatus, in boxes; Radio, Radiotelephone or Television Transmitting or Transmitting and Receiving Sets, or other Radio Impulse or Wireless Audio (Sound) Impulse Transmitting or Transmitting and Receiving Sets, including Cellular Telephones, separate or combined, in boxes or crates; Radios or Clock Radios, NOI, see Note, item 61727, in boxes or Packages 829, 979, 2320 or 2396; Radios or Clock Radios and Phonographs or Tape Recorders or Players combined, see Note, item 61727, in boxes or Packages 829, 979, 2320 or 2396; Recorders or Players, tape, NOI, separate or combined, with or without equipment of loudspeakers in same or separate packages, see Note, item 61728, in boxes or Package 829; Rectifiers, NOI, in boxes or crates; Remote Controls, in boxes or crates; Rheostats (Resistors),or Parts, NOI, in boxes, crates or Package 1241; Sealers, bag, household-type, in boxes; Scissors, electric, hand, in boxes; Shafts, steel, electric motor armature, with fittings such as bearings, cams, keys or grease fittings attached, or without fittings, in boxes; Sharpeners, knife, household, with or without scissor or pencil sharpening features, in boxes; Signal Boxes, NOI, in boxes or crates; Sinks, heat, electrical component mounting or shielding, without blowers or fans, in boxes; Sockets or Holders, outdoor weatherproof-type, incandescent flood or spot lamp, cast aluminum or die mold zinc, with conduit fittings and electric sockets, wired or not wired, without lamps, in packages; Solenoids, with or without armatures, or Parts, NOI, in boxes; Spacers, aerial cable, insulating or non-insulating, with or without attaching devices or fittings, NOI, in boxes; Spark Coils, in boxes or Packages 1241 or 1273; Surge Arresters, Protectors or Suppressors, in boxes; Switch Boxes, NOI, in boxes, see Note, item 61729 Telephones, NOI, including Speakerphones, in boxes or crates; Telephones, video (Videophones), in boxes or crates; Telephones and Answering Machines combined, in boxes or crates; Telephone Answering Machines, in boxes or crates; Telephone Parts, NOI, including Telephone Housings, in boxes or crates; Television Antenna Rotating Devices, NOI, in boxes; Television Tuners or Tuning Sections, Digital Television Converters or Decoders, Set Top Boxes (STBs), Set Top Units (STUs) or Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), in boxes, crates or Packages 829 or 1241; Televisions (TVs), projection type, without integral screen, in boxes; Terminal Boxes or Housings, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Terminal or Junction Blocks, in boxes, see Note, item 61729; Terminals or Terminal Blocks, telephone cable, with or without attached cable stub, in boxes or crates; Terminals, electrical cable or wiring, NOI, including Connectors orButt Splices, in boxes, see Notes, items 61729, and 61730; Thermocouples, molten metal heat measuring, disposable or expendable, see Note, item 61733, in boxes; Toasters, in boxes; Trolleys or Tapping Connectors, bus bar system, with or without outlet boxes, in boxes; Turntables, phonograph (operating and sound mechanism assemblies), in boxes; Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), in boxes, see Notes, items 61729, and 61732; Video Game Controllers or Joysticks or other electronic accessories designed to be used in conjunction with a video game console for the purpose of playing a video game, but not on the complete video game or video game console, in boxes, crates or Packages 829 or 1241; Voice Coils, moving-coil or dynamic loudspeaker, in boxes; Warmers, food or serving dish, tray-or trivet-type, in boxes; Warmers, food, NOI, with or without food holding pans, other than cabinet-type, see Note, item 61734, in boxes; Waveguide, in boxes or crates, see Note, item 61735; Whips, Masts or Rods,automobile radio antenna, in boxes; Subject to Item 170 and having a density in pounds per cubic foot of:
Note 61702: NOTE-Applies only on units (power packs) that convert AC source power into DC output power at voltages suitable for supplying an electronic device.
How to Determine Your Class
To find the correct freight class for your shipment:
Measure each handling unit and calculate density to set class under Item 170. Example: 40x48x36 in at 300 lb ≈ 6.0 PCF (300 ÷ (40×48×36/1728)).
Match packaging to component type: ESD foam for printed circuit boards and capacitors, wood crating or skids for long antennas/waveguides, blocking for heavy UPS units.
Use the packaging called out by the item when applicable (e.g., NMFC Packages 829, 1241, 1273) and list it on the BOL to prevent reclass.
If shipping chargers, UPS, or phone equipment with batteries, confirm they qualify as non-haz under 49 CFR exceptions and secure terminals; keep SDS/docs available.
Note: All classifications are subject to Item 170. Verify with official NMFC publications for the most current requirements.
Business Value
Simplifies catalogs of mixed electronics—adapters, antennas, fans, UPS—under one density-based NMFC, speeding quotes and billing.
Density pricing can reward compact, heavy gear (e.g., UPS, capacitors) with lower classes and better LTL rates.
Using specified boxes, crates, or NMFC packages reduces inspection time, reclass fees, and claim risk.
Ability to palletize diverse SKUs on one freight class streamlines consolidation and cuts per-shipment overhead.