My RCA XL-100 (26 years), my Sanyo VCR (14 years) and my satellite box (13 years) get used every day. Some consumer electronic equipment are long-life. _______________________________________________________________________________
Ralph McDiarmid | Schneider Electric | Solar Business | CANADA | Regulatory Compliance Engineering From: John Woodgate <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 01/07/2013 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [PSES] RoHS II In message <7B9D892F88F070469771832D78B3086E062933D8@013-BR1MPN1-012.MGDPBI.global.p vt>, dated Mon, 7 Jan 2013, Jim Hulbert <[email protected]> writes: >That is a frustrating aspect of EU Directives. Might not be a huge >deal for consumer products that have a short life-span, but for >commercial/industrial products which have longer lives it can be a >nuisance. I don?t know how many times I?ve been asked ?but aren?t we >grandfathered?? It's up to the industry sectors that make 'long-life' products to lobby the European Commission **en masse** on the subject. It has to be a concerted effort, embracing all relevant sectors. If you don't ask, you don't get. If you do ask, you might still not get, but it's worth trying. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk The longer it takes to make a point, the more obtuse it proves to be. 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 <[email protected]> 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://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]> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________ - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <[email protected]> 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://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]>
