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tggzzz:
Well, yes. But common sense isn't common :(

Then there is the issue of the ignorant, the wilfully ignorant, and those.that the rules don't apply to.

Not sure how you can overcome human stupidity and malice :(

Berni:
Then i go buy a tiny primary lithium coin cell battery for keeping a RTC running, and suddenly nobody wants to ship it, the box is covered in stickers like it contains a nuclear warhead..etc

It is a frigging coin cell... you couldn't even start a fire with one if you tried to. Hit it with a hammer nothing happens.Short the terminals with a thin filament of wire, the voltage drops to 0 because the internal resistance is huge.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: Berni on October 23, 2023, 05:21:11 am ---Then i go buy a tiny primary lithium coin cell battery for keeping a RTC running, and suddenly nobody wants to ship it, the box is covered in stickers like it contains a nuclear warhead..etc

It is a frigging coin cell... you couldn't even start a fire with one if you tried to. Hit it with a hammer nothing happens.Short the terminals with a thin filament of wire, the voltage drops to 0 because the internal resistance is huge.

--- End quote ---

Unfortunately rules have to be formulated so that a random person not skilled in the art can understand and interpret them.

I first came across the alternative in the 70s, when VAT was first introduced for luxury items only. That lead to one XµF capacitor having tax added whereas another XµF capacitor was tax free. Why? Because the first capacitor was used in TVs which were classed as luxury items[1].

Funny? We laughed until we cried.

[1]Yes Virginia, once upon a time a measure of the improving economy was the proportion of households that had TVs

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: Berni on October 23, 2023, 05:21:11 am ---Then i go buy a tiny primary lithium coin cell battery for keeping a RTC running, and suddenly nobody wants to ship it, the box is covered in stickers like it contains a nuclear warhead..etc

It is a frigging coin cell... you couldn't even start a fire with one if you tried to. Hit it with a hammer nothing happens.Short the terminals with a thin filament of wire, the voltage drops to 0 because the internal resistance is huge.

--- End quote ---

Well, blame your lawmakers if you think some laws don't have scientific backing. Aren't you supposed to live in a democracy?

tautech:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 24, 2023, 12:00:54 am ---
--- Quote from: Berni on October 23, 2023, 05:21:11 am ---Then i go buy a tiny primary lithium coin cell battery for keeping a RTC running, and suddenly nobody wants to ship it, the box is covered in stickers like it contains a nuclear warhead..etc

It is a frigging coin cell... you couldn't even start a fire with one if you tried to. Hit it with a hammer nothing happens.Short the terminals with a thin filament of wire, the voltage drops to 0 because the internal resistance is huge.

--- End quote ---

Well, blame your lawmakers if you think some laws don't have scientific backing. Aren't you supposed to live in a democracy?

--- End quote ---
Yeah right.
Lawmakers rely on gubbermint employees to advise them and their knowledge of things technical touches both extremes.

Let me present a 3V 1000Ah lithium cell vs a 3V coin cell:





All the Bureaucrap knows they are both Lithium and to classify their risk would be too hard and instead of doing proper work lump them both into the same category.  ::)

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