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| Really RS Components, I am not allowed to order solder anymore?? |
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| m98:
--- Quote from: Yansi on February 11, 2021, 02:27:22 pm ---In our country, it seems all you need is a license number (in fact you can be a freelaancer - with your own VAT number, but you still need to register a license for electricals, meaning you need at least an official electrical education - meaning a random Joe can't get that kind of license). --- End quote --- So you need to be a licensed professional of a profession that doesn't usually solder? |
| penfold:
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on February 11, 2021, 01:47:59 pm --- --- Quote from: S. Petrukhin on February 11, 2021, 12:44:27 pm ---As children, we smashed old batteries, shook the plates out of them with our bare hands, and melted them on the bonfire... 8) My generation is not impressed by anything. But people are getting weaker and more afraid of everything. :-// --- End quote --- No, people are getting stronger by eliminating completely unnecessary toxins. .... .... --- End quote --- Being less afraid does allow for a much greater degree of pragmatism and avoidance of blanket rules, and maybe a little understanding that perhaps the kind of consumer who who would intentionally purchase leaded solder from RS is probably knowledgeable enough not to start using it as salad garnish, and, even if they did, is unlikely to use the remainder to hand solder a sufficient number of boards to cause any significant contamination |
| Yansi:
--- Quote from: m98 on February 11, 2021, 02:48:51 pm --- --- Quote from: Yansi on February 11, 2021, 02:27:22 pm ---In our country, it seems all you need is a license number (in fact you can be a freelaancer - with your own VAT number, but you still need to register a license for electricals, meaning you need at least an official electrical education - meaning a random Joe can't get that kind of license). --- End quote --- So you need to be a licensed professional of a profession that doesn't usually solder? --- End quote --- Strictly looking at the law, you need to be registered as a person working as a licensed electrician. To be one of them, you need a formal education related to electrical. So the license really covers a broad spectrum of people from "real electricians", across "electrical project managers" up to those electronics guys working in a lab enviroment with hteir soldering irons and osmellocscopes. But to be honest, I am not sure, that is my explanation of the law. It may even be, that a "lead proffessional" may only be a licensed chemist wearing hazmat suit. One does not really tell, with that kind of shitlaws we have (or the SU is trying to push). |
| themadhippy:
The EU would shit a brick if the job my dad spent 10+years doing still existed,he spent 8 hours a day chucking lead ingots into a melting pot to make lead oxide,his H+S gear was a pair of gloves , a dust mask and a pint of milk a day.Regular health checks were carried out on all the staff and i don't recall there ever being any problems |
| S. Petrukhin:
I think that in Europe and America there are already quite a lot of people from another culture, where they are not so sensitive to the environment. Therefore, it is not reasonable to rely on culture and it is necessary to regulate it by law. In addition, it is necessary to keep the business on a leash, without this, for the sake of profit, no one will limit themselves. The human body is a fairly stable and protected system, capable of recovery within certain limits. Therefore, playing at home with a solder coil can be completely safe, but a nearby factory that regularly exudes pollution for a long time is a problem. |
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