Tom, Try IPC-620 Acceptability for Cables/Wire Harnesses. Rick Howieson Delta Group Electronics, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Forselles, Tom [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Insulation in the crimp contact area I am trying to find an IPC reference standard for a situatuation I believe is a problem. I have some 24AWG wires coming from a cooling fan assembly where the wires are terminated with crimped male contacts that slip into a plastic housing for a typical pin-and-socket arrangement. The outer part of the crimp looks good where the wire is nicely crimped around the wire insulation, but the inner part of the crimp appears marginal in that there is consistently at least some insulation running into the contact area. The result is a crimp that does not appear to be fully formed around the actual conductor. Closest IPC reference I found was 610C, 4.2.3.2 for mechanical assembly, hardware mounting, threaded fasteners - where there is to be "no insulation in the contact area". Could anyone give me a more specific standard reference or perhaps educate me if this is an actual problem? Responses to the list or private e-mail is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Tom Forselles [log in to unmask] Phone: 805.783.6048 FAX: 805-541-5088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------