Hello all,

I am having trouble finding design specs for an oval component lead going
into an oval hole.  The component is an indictor that is about 25mm in
diameter and the lead is made by soldering two 16ga wires together.  The
shape of the lead is more like a rectangle with a full radius at the short
sides than an oval and the hole in the pcb is the same shape.

My task is to evaluate a design, that is already in production, to see if it
should be changed and make recommendations if so.  However, I have not been
able to find anything in my IPC manuals that approaches this situation.

My question then, is what guidelines for layout should I use?

Any help will be appreciated.

Richard Hawkins

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