Hi Scott,

We also manufacture similar broadcast products but we have found no
exemption whatsoever for non-consumer equipment so we are slowly going down
the lead-free path. I believe it's pretty much only military equipment that
will be exempt.

The main problem we forsee is getting lead-free components, especially
things like tuners and nims that are likely to be old stock and are likely
to have lead in them.

Another way to look at it is: Even if the tuner is not lead-free, will the
total percentage of lead in the finished product be less than 0.1% (or
whatever the cut off point is), and is that the whole product including the
chassis, or is it only the PCB assembly?


Matthew Trend

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Subject: [LF] ROHS EXEMPTIONS


We manufacture high end video routers and switcher for the broadcast
industry, we do not manufacture any consumer electronics.  At one time I
read and have also been told that we are excepted from Lead Free
requirements.  Does anyone have any new information concerning this issue?



Scott Lefebvre

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