Thank you Ken. Was it cracking along or throught the layers in your case? Regards, Vladimir ----- Original Message ----- From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Mon Jul 14 12:36:33 2008 Subject: Re: [TN] Ceramic caps Hi Vladimir, I posted a similar question not too awfully long ago. I had several of the same parts on a board but only one was cracking. In my case what it turned out to be was a very large lead from a connector frame soldered very close to the cap. The CTE mismatch caused the part to crack. KennyB -----Original Message----- From: Igoshev, Vladimir [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:23 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Ceramic caps Different locations, identical caps placed along and normal to the board. :-) Regards, Vladimir --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------