You shouldn't have any problems at this level. Kester puts the limit at 0.3 citing MIL and J-STANDARDS. Klein-Wassink says anything below 0.2 is perfectly fine. I'm puzzled about the 0.08 figure. > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan James [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:07 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Copper levels in wave solder pot > > Gurus, > After having our solder pot analyzed, the copper level is showing .1273. > In July of 1999, the copper level was .120. We are assuming the copper is > coming from the cut component leads. My concern is whether or not this is > significant enough to change out the solder. J-STD-006 specs .08 as > acceptable but I don't know how "bad" .1273 is considered to be. Any help > is appreciated. > Sue James > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET > Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------