Hello Mr. Merrill, Generally, halogen free electronics requirements are driven by industry and NGOs (Non-governmental organizations.) You will be hard pressed to find governmental regulations requiring halogen free electronics. Even the definition of halogen free is not firmly set.
Randall Flinders gave a presentation on halogen free electronics at the 2008 IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society symposium. If you or somebody within Schneider Electric have access to the symposium CB, pull up Mr. Flinders' presentation for more information. The presentation gives a good overview. I can also recommend checking with the APC division of Schneider Electric. A lot of the concern over halogens in electronics comes from the resulting combustion products. There is some push towards halogen free wiring in data centers because of the concern of the hydrochloric acid that could result from combustion. This in turn can corrode electronics in areas of the data center unaffected by the fire. There are likely groups within APC that have done research on this subject. Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation [email protected] The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cables Hello I am researching the actual requirements for Cables, power and communications. Can anyone point me to Standards/Legislation as to when/where LSZH Cables are and are not required? Thanks in advance John Merrill Principal Product Safety Engineer Schneider Electric - 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 [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - 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 [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
