Hey Werner do you want to field this one? Remember the gold cup/solder embrittlement investigation we did a couple of years ago? I really believe you are the most qualified to respond since you wrote the book so to speak. Thanks, KennyB -----Original Message----- From: Dave He [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:19 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Tinning gold-plated solder cup of connectors Does gold plated solder cup of connector need tinning per J-STD-001? Or is this a exemption? Thanks. Best regards, Dave He --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------