Steve,

If needed cut them to length before soldering. Cutting after soldering
runs the risk of stress fractures in the solder joints plus exposed base
metal.

David A. Douthit
Manager
LoCan LLC

"Stephen R. Gregory" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've got a question about trimming leads on components such as
> three-row DIN connectors, machine pin sockets, PGA devices, things
> like that...
>
> In the past, I've never trimmed the leads on components like that. But
> I can't find any reference that says those are things that you don't
> lead clip...
>
> The reason I'm asking is the -610 and J-STD say that for class-3, the
> leads are not supposed to be longer than 1.5mm (.0591"). Should leads
> be clipped on the kind of components I outlined above if they exceed
> that?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> -Steve Gregory-