Unless you are concerned abour the Delta T of ceramic caps you should run the solder temp at 280-500 degres F. Yes, a low solder temperature will result in skips and insufficient hole fill. Ride The Wave, Ken Kirby Speedline Technologies (Embedded image moved Ivan Barrios <[log in to unmask]> to file: 01/28/2000 02:21 PM pic30074.pcx) To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: Kenneth Kirby/ElectrovertUS/Cookson) Subject: [TN] Wave solder pot twemperature Is there a reccomendation on how hot the wave solder temperature should run at the pot/ We run at 450F and we are seeing some no solder on BSMT's is there an correlation in temperature vs no solders? Thanks for any responses Ivan Barrios ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################