What makes even less sense is that RoHS has gone the % per homogeneous material route, whereas REACH limits are the %age by weight of the complete product.
John C On 20 May 2014, at 14:08, John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In message <57e1de017da548f694a6d03394b38...@thhste15d1be4.hs20.net>, dated > Tue, 20 May 2014, Charlie Blackham <char...@sulisconsultants.com> writes: > >>> But these are valid in Britain only, not Europe-wide >> >> Yes, but there is (meant to be) co-ordination between enforcement bodies. >> >>> It's NOT the percentage that matters; it's the actual mass of toxin. As it >>> is, (1.1*X)% in a 1 g part is not allowed but X% of a 10 kg part >>> IS allowed. >> >> Most EEE isn't going to have 10kg of homogenous material > > I don't really think that's the point. Make it 1 kg or 100 g, it's still not > sensible. > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk > Nondum ex silvis sumus > John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <emc-p...@ieee.org> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
