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I was looking at this product for a project, and then I noticed it said

This item has been restricted from sale in the following countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina-Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Bhutan, Bouvet Islands, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Cocos Islands, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, Cook Islands, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Curacao, Christmas Island, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, Falkland Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Faroe Islands, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, S. George & S. Sandwich Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Heard and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Isle of Man, India, British Indian Ocean Territory, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Bailiwick of Jersey, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kirghizia, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, St. Kitts and Nevis, North Korea, Kuwait, Cayman Islands, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldavia, Republic of Montenegro, Saint Martin, Madagascar, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Macau, Northern Mariana Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Montserrat, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Norfolk Islands, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, Niue Islands, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn Islands, Palestinian Territory, Portugal, Paraguay, Reunion, Romania, Republic of Serbia, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Saint Helena, Slovenia, Svalbard, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, Republic of South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, El Salvador, Country of Sint Maarten, Syria, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, French Southern Territories, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tokelau Islands, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, American Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Samoa, Yemen, Mayotte, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Anyone know why? Anyone have a guess? Should I run from this product?
 
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What is it?
That list reads like a list of IEC subscribers, basically everyone not in North America. Most likely it's something that does not meet CE requirements. I'm going to guess its electronic and likely cannot pass CE requirements for emissions.
 
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Huh. Well it has a CE mark right on the side, it's also marked as meeting RoHS. But it could be that the RoHS cerification has expired, but they are selling off their old inventory in the US because we don't recognize RoHS (yet), so that makes the most sense.

There was a recent final final chance for companies to make their products comply to all RoHS requirements, I think Jan. 1 of this year. RoHS stands for Reduction of Hazardous Substances and the final final change that had to be implemented before this year was that ALL materials used in the devices must be recyclable. So a lot of devices like this that used Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) for things like the bases are now not able to be sold anywhere but here. Magnecraft likely has a new version without the FRP, but they are selling off their now dead stock to us, the garbage dump of world industry.
 
Jraef said:
Huh. Well it has a CE mark right on the side, it's also marked as meeting RoHS. But it could be that the RoHS cerification has expired, but they are selling off their old inventory in the US because we don't recognize RoHS (yet), so that makes the most sense.

There was a recent final final chance for companies to make their products comply to all RoHS requirements, I think Jan. 1 of this year. RoHS stands for Reduction of Hazardous Substances and the final final change that had to be implemented before this year was that ALL materials used in the devices must be recyclable. So a lot of devices like this that used Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) for things like the bases are now not able to be sold anywhere but here. Magnecraft likely has a new version without the FRP, but they are selling off their now dead stock to us, the garbage dump of world industry.
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Should I be concerned about using this product? Is it "garbage"? :)
 
oldsparky52 said:
Should I be concerned about using this product? Is it "garbage"? :)
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By "garbage", I don't think he was referring to the product quality. Only that the item may no longer meet international (ex-US) environmental standards. I used Magnecraft products back in the '80s with good results. I have no idea how their quality is today.
 
It's fine. Magnecraft are one of the largest mfrs of relays, Along with Idec and Tyco (Potter Brumfield). They make most of the other brands you see on the market. My garbage comment is that since this RoHS change, lots of mfrs are dumping their old stock on us because we don't follow RoHS, but it t can be a problem for OEMs here who want to send a machine overseas. Hence the warnings they gave you. If it's for domestic use, it's fine.

The other potential issue is that it will likely not be available once that inventory is gone, at least under the same part number. In some cases the bases change as well because the recyclable plastic they have to use now isn't as string as the FRP, so the design has to be reinforced.
 
Jraef said:
Huh. Well it has a CE mark right on the side, it's also marked as meeting RoHS. But it could be that the RoHS cerification has expired, but they are selling off their old inventory in the US because we don't recognize RoHS (yet), so that makes the most sense.
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That sounds like the most logical explanation, but would North Korea care about RoHS?
 
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