IPC-A-610 Section 5.5.1.2 calls for what amounts to a minimum 180 degree wrap.  Section 5.5 applies generally to wire terminations but could be used to apply to component lead terminations too.  When we did wires and leads to a terminal (round or bifurcated) we always did a 180 degree min wrap.  Helps to hold the wire/part(s) in place while soldering too.

Rgds,

Roger M. Stoops, CID 
Trimble Navigation Ltd., Dayton, OH, USA
Ph: 937.233.8921  or  937.233.4574  ext 288 
Fax: 937.233.7511 



-----Original Message-----
From: Bissonnette, Jean-Francois [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:52 PM
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Subject: [TN] fuse/resistor installed between bifurcated terminals


When a component such as a resistor is installed between two bifurcated
terminals,
should it's leads be wraped around one of the posts of the terminals or is
it okay 
if it simply sits on the bottom?

Jean-François Bissonnette
Vérificateur, Contrôle de la Qualité
Électronique
Produits et Procédés
Vapor Rail Inc.
10655 Henri-Bourassa O.
St-Laurent, Qc
H4S 1A1

(514) 335-4200 x2021
(514) 335-4231 fax

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