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So whats the deal with RoHS compliant wire, do you DIYers use it?

post #1 of 31
8/22/05 at 4:20pm
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Just wondering if anyone feels RoHS compliant wiring is common among these parts,

I must say the wire is freakin expensive. I just ordered a new spool of Teflon Rohs compliant wire to work with.



what are your thoughts as diyers one using RoHS compliant wiring? Anyone feel its important to be safe with what wire you use?
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post #2 of 31
8/22/05 at 4:45pm
WTF is RoHS?
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post #3 of 31
8/22/05 at 4:53pm
a very quick google search brought up this:

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ROHS)
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post #4 of 31
8/22/05 at 4:54pm
Reduction of use of Hazardous Substances. Enviro-greenie stuff.
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post #5 of 31
8/22/05 at 4:56pm
Basically its the removal or reduction of Lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Hexavalent Chromium from consumer electronic products sold to European countries.

This stuff, when disposed of in large quantities can degrade the environment.

its a real pain but in the end we all will benefeit.

Link here...
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_03720030213en00190023.pdf#search='RoHs'

Garrett
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post #6 of 31
8/22/05 at 4:58pm
so thats what i paid more for...

RoHS standoffs, wtf, how are standoffs bad for the environment...
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post #7 of 31
8/22/05 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by rellik
so thats what i paid more for...

RoHS standoffs, wtf, how are standoffs bad for the environment...
Standoffs, especially Zinc plated ones contain hexavalent chromium. hex chromium has been targeted as bad for the environment. Tri-valent chromium is OK.

Im a mech engineer for Cisco, and my big project for the year is upgrading all the nuts, screws, rivets, standoffs and raw sheet metal for the MGX 8230 and 8830 core switches to meet RoHs compliance. Fortunately most of th automotive industry has already paved the way for the electronics industry. Its just a matter of prototyping, testing and implementing the component changes.

Not to make this into a big political dabate... I'm fairly conservative and don't readily agree with a lot of environmental regulations, but IMHO this is a good initiative for all electronics manufacturers to comply to.

**edit**
Truth is... many of the resistors caps and ICs we purchase in bulk are already RoHs compliant.... we just haven't been made aware of it.

Garrett
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post #8 of 31
8/22/05 at 6:46pm
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yea, I just recently discovered that Lead Pb, is actually added to insulation electrical wire ustilizing PVC to aid in flexibilty.
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post #9 of 31
8/23/05 at 2:40am
i also work in silicon valley and everything we build now is ROHS compliant. in fact, my suppliers were almost all ROHS compliant even before we started asking about it. it makes soldering a pain in the arse and the SMT processes all have to be recalibrated but i guess at the end of the day, it's better for all of us.

actually, not just our products but a lot of electronic products that are sold worldwide nowadays are already ROHS compliant. like kramer said, we just don't know about it, and the fact that it's not required until 2007 makes it less known among the general public.
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post #10 of 31
8/23/05 at 4:00am
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actually the UK is Rohs compliant legally beginning July 1, 2005.

I just found out yesterday.
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post #11 of 31
8/23/05 at 3:17pm
that's a lot earlier than what i've been told. that could explain why most electronics companies are already compliant.
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post #12 of 31
8/23/05 at 6:00pm
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Originally Posted by RnB180
actually the UK is Rohs compliant legally beginning July 1, 2005.

I just found out yesterday.
I believe it's July 1st, 2006 - even in the UK

/U.
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post #13 of 31
8/23/05 at 6:17pm
Yep it is 2006 and It's a pain in the arse..... specially the lead free solder.
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post #14 of 31
8/24/05 at 10:19pm
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thanks for the heads up,

anyhow, I just dropped $300 for a run of some of it from a distributor.

this is Not Ebay wire btw.
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post #15 of 31
8/25/05 at 12:26am
it will probably be some time before the US enforces RoHS, right?


EDIT: edited for coherency
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