My 2 cents. My experience has been that PVC coated often has a solderability problem especially if it's been around awhile. Maybe the P/N you spec'd is obsolete but there is plenty of Teflon wire to choose from. Next question. Charles -----Original Message----- From: Genny Gibbard [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 2:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] wire coatings Do you remember my question regarding the midplane assembly? Turns out that there was a reel of mislabelled wire in house, and a whole bunch of assembly has been done using a PVC coated wire, instead of the teflon coated wire I spec'd. Apparently the wire in question is obsolete, but they like using it better than the teflon, and want to continue to use that. I don't know much about wire coatings - what is the difference between these two coating types, and when would you want to or not want to use them. I need to decide whether we need to force them to change out the wiring they've already done. Sigh... Thanks for your help in advance. Genny Gibbard (mailto:[log in to unmask]) --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) 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 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) 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 -----------------------------------------------------