Years ago, when RoHS was first implemented, they actually told everyone in industry what the exempted areas were. There are other exemptions, like batteries... which is why you can still use lead acid and NiCd batteries. There are also total exemptions for the military, and aviation... including space vehicles, and those that make products for the military and aviation...
Years ago, when someone paid me to care, I read all of the RoHS wording, and wrote a memo detailing what RoHS meant to the customer I was working with. The exemptions are rather clear, in a lawyerly sort of way... though don't ask me to find them again... and no, the memo wasn't mine to keep, I left it with my customer. The intention of RoHS, and those that implemented it, is to make it appear to the public as though it is going to save the world... the reality is it has hundreds of niches carved out of it for this and that special interest. As to Keysight... I think all of their name changes give a little clue to why they would write such stuff in their sales literature. Test equipment, in general, is meant for trained people that work in industry. If it is sold to just anyone, it becomes a consumer product, complete with all of the consumer liability rules, and government regulations. Imagine a power supply that can produce lethal voltages and currents, with binding posts on the front panel, being sold to Harry Homeowner? All that work done to protect him from killing himself in his home negated by a power supply.... Or, a 1KW microwave amplifier that terminates in a high quality N connector? Or a signal generator that can pump out watts in the middle of your favorite TV channel? Or worse still, the cell phone band? Or, consider cell phone test equipment that can decode any phone signal, and can recreate signals with any identifiers they want? Or a GPS simulator, in league with a 1KW amplifier? Companies like Keysight have long had policies that forbid selling to individuals. It's the lawyers talking. -Chuck Harris Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) wrote: > On 13 November 2016 at 14:17, Chuck Harris <cfhar...@erols.com> wrote: > >> RoHS does not apply to test equipment. >> > > Where do you get that from? When I was looking briefly the other day, there > did not seem to be a lot of exemptions. > > I'm sure Keysight must be a bit more on the ball than to put that notice, > if RoHS did not apply to test equipment. > > There's a similar notice about a power supply I have - 6674A (70 V @ 30 A > PSU). > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
