hi, sorry to disagree with you, but we found that very bulbous joints on lcc's were more advantageous than tall standoffs for surviving temperature cycling. phil crepeau ------------------------------ Date: 5/7/98 10:08 PM From: TechNet E-Mail Forum. >Jo, >Unfortunately, the advice given that larger volume solder joints are more >robust is bad advice... ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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 To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################