Doug, I hope no one takes you literally - like the people who believed Dean Martin when he said they could enter his "contest" by sending in the top of their television set! He got, I think, somewhere between 8 and 12. Not believing people could be that stupid, he had another "contest" and asked them to send in the back of their piano. He got three. regards, Bev Christian Research in Motion -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: February 12, 2002 8:32 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Here is the board buyers opportunity Susan Mansilla suggests: My favorite torture test is to run portions of a board through the 7 day Moisture/Insulation Resistance test 95RH with cycling temperature and then throw the coupons on a solder pot and section. Doug Pauls, well into his second Diet Dew of the day, adds: I can imagine Susan cackling evilly as she throws the coupon on the molten solder. What fun, but what a wimpy test. If you REALLY want to torture a board, do the 7 day moisture test, immerse the coupon in liquid nitrogen for 20 minutes, THEN throw it on the solder pot. Be sure to wear safety goggles and avoid the flying shards of laminate. Now THAT's torturing the board. Doug Pauls In the land of the absurd, I am royalty. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------