This is written in the directive: ------------- Applications of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1)
1. Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5 mg per lamp. 2. Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding: — halophosphate 10 mg — triphosphate with normal lifetime 5 mg — triphosphate with long lifetime 8 mg. 3. Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes. 4. Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this Annex ...... ..... ... -------------------------------------------- I guess that nixie tube could be considered as "other lamps not specifically mentioned in this Annex" (number 4), what so You think guys? Dalibor 2013/10/2 Dalibor Farný <dali...@farny.cz>: > Thanks for info Nick, that is really pretty bad.. The RoHS directive > says that mercury in a product must be in a ration of less than a 0.1% > by weight (that is OK), and it cant be intentionally added - this is > the problem. But I found some information from 2011 that neon signs > are not limited by this directive, do You know any closer information? > > That would be serious obstacle in producing real nixie tubes.. > > Thanks, > > Dalibor > > 2013/10/2 Nick <n...@desmith.net>: >> >> >> On Wednesday, 2 October 2013 03:53:11 UTC+1, Joseph Bento wrote: >>> >>> My bedside nixie clock was built with six IN-14's. It currently has >>> 44,562 hours of operation, and the nixies show no sign of dimming. That >>> time is low long the nixies have been lit. I have the clock set to blank >>> the display from midnight to 6am daily. >> >> >> Old nixies are not really relevant - obviously existing nixies (mostly) have >> Hg doping, but for new nixies being made now, its a potential issue - there >> is no exemption under the 2006 RoHS directive for nixies! Hg is one of the >> compounds explicitly tested for... ... >> >> Nick >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/44f7fc31-d0b2-4a09-b369-783aaa8fa183%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Dalibor Farny > http://dalibor.farny.cz -- Dalibor Farny http://dalibor.farny.cz -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CA%2BnkT5rFwn3CVf-RCh6on6i%2B%2B9EUObprO9Y-PqV0puRqkhhGBw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
