[sdiy] Info on using vactrols with exemption in EU from metasonix

[Dave Manley]

cheater cheater wrote:
> Yep, but what i really mean is: how is the vactrol-police related to
> the rohs police?
> 
> isn't rohs a separate directive from the 'vactrol ban'?
> 
> not clear on that one..

No one is banning specific components.  They are banning specific 
materials from use.  A component ban just leads to people redefining a 
new component with same or similar function that evades the regulation. 
  With a material ban, that isn't possible.

-Dave