ROHS

[stirling]

Fellow EU'ers Do you source any electronic/electrical components from the US? I'm thinking stepper drives/steppers/breakout boards/THCs?
What's the deal with ROHS?
I'd be particularly interested from anyone trying against all the odds to run a business in the EU.

[Zappautomation]

Drivers are exempt from needing to be ROHS compliant.
But the exemption is due to end quite soon i think.
I buy drivers and motors manufactured in China, and they are all ROHS compliant, so i would think that if the drive manufacture in the US is worth dealing with they would manufacture their product to ROHS standards.

Originally Posted by stirling Fellow EU'ers Do you source any electronic/electrical components from the US? I'm thinking stepper drives/steppers/breakout boards/THCs? What's the deal with ROHS? I'd be particularly interested from anyone trying against all the odds to run a business in the EU.

[stirling]

Hi - yes, as I understand it the exemption ended yesterday. Up to now I've always used geckos but I'm not sure whether they're ROHS or not.

As a by the by - I've just boaught a new motherboard from a major supplier which is stated as non ROHS - are there exemptions on existing stock I wonder?

[Zappautomation]

Makes no difference if it is existing stock or not.

Originally Posted by stirling Hi - yes, as I understand it the exemption ended yesterday. Up to now I've always used geckos but I'm not sure whether they're ROHS or not. As a by the by - I've just boaught a new motherboard from a major supplier which is stated as non ROHS - are there exemptions on existing stock I wonder?

[stirling]

Originally Posted by Zappautomation Makes no difference if it is existing stock or not.

in that case it would appear that this particular piece of eurotrash is being ignored by many - rock on