Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Normand Martel > writes: > >> They should be able.... the standard uses a single >> mercury atom!! ;-) > > Which interestingly enough might make them incompatible > with the RoHS (Reduction of Harmfull Substances) regulation > here in EU. > > As far as I've understood RoHS, you can get away with trace amounts > of heavy metals on the banned list, under a theory of environmental > contamination, but if you include them deliberately, you're in > violation. > > Fortunately metrological equipment is easy to get an excemption for :-)
Actually, as I understand it, all test equipment is exempt from RoHS. As are all batteries, oddly enough. -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
