sorry for the long delay (and thank you for the responses)
but as I was reviewing these posts I had another question:

Have you ever heard of problems with conformal coating material wicking up the connector leads and causing intermittent connections?

thanks again,
Jack


On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:09:46 -0500, lduso - Diamond-MT.com <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>It's up to me to decide how close to J1 to get with the coating. I once
>coated the leads of all the fine-pitch connectors and the customer said
>that was too close. The next customer will reject the work if I don't coat
>the leads.