[volt-nuts] Availability of 3458A in Europe after the end of 2016.

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <AF253995-1FF5-4B6A-B8EC-F6A1A4876BF8 at sica-it.com>, Alessandro Saporetti writes:

>Just got back from Electronica in Munich where i did have a small
>conversation with keysight people about 3458A Rohs issue, they have
>a vague idea about when it will kick-in , but where sure about
>availability of the meter in the future.

It's really very simple:

If you can call your operation "scientific" in any reasonable sense
of the word, ROHS does not apply to you, because you're supposed to
know how to handle Harmful Substances (the "HS" in ROHS") properly.

Keysight they can sell all the HP3458's they want to metrology labs
etc, but they cannot "sell it retail to anybody".


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