Tech Netters : Hello all. Thanks for all your suggestions. My problem is not as simple as it sounds because I have a (BIG) through hole component that is inserted on the top side which needs to be soldered along with other SMCs. So I need to have high enough a temperature on the bottom side to solder this BIG component while keeping my other problem-prone SMC on the bottom side intact ! Regards Krishna Kalyan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################