"POWELL, DOUG" <doug.pow...@aei.com> wrote (in <970a8fe5db2be64eb6eab84087dcc1c88ad...@bssexc01.aei.com>) about 'PVC Wire and Lead-free', on Mon, 25 Apr 2005:
>I just learned and confirmed that certified PVC wire has lead as a >constituent part (e.g. UL 1430 and UL 1015). I do not know what >percentage. Is this ***perhaps*** a surface treatment to reduce friction during manufacture? > >Now I learn from my supplier engineers that because of the lead-free >initiative and ROHS/WEEE, these PVC wires will be somehow changed. Does >anyone know if the certifications can be maintained? If the lead-containing material can be cleaned off, maybe no certification issue arises. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. There are two sides to every question, except 'What is a Moebius strip?' http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
