[Elecraft] When to snip leads?

Sun Jul 20 00:24:00 2003

Paul,

I generally snip all the long leads of passive components (i.e. diodes,
resistors, capacitors and the like).  I generally leave the excess of
DIP sockets or IC's alone unless they're so long that they might touch
the chassis or another PC Board.

73 de Larry W2LJ

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Clay" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] When to snip leads?

> Is it always ok to snip off all excess component
> leads after components are soldered to the board
> (at least, unless you're specifically told in the
> assembly manual not to do so)?
>
> Initially, the instruction manual seemed to
> include explicit instructions for removing leads
> after components were soldered on the PC board,
> but but later seems to omit any explicit
> instruction even though it seems to me it ought
> to be ok to remove the excess component leads.
>
> As a specific "for instance", I just finished
> soldering U6 (the MCU socket) to the Control
> Board.  Is it ok to go ahead and snip of the the
> excess pin/lead material?  Same question for P5
> and P6 (2 pin male connectors on the Control
> Board).
>
> Apologize for the goofy question (especially if I
> missed some instruction in the manual that
> answers it), but better safe than sorry, I guess.
>
> - Paul
> N6LQ (Ser. 03640)
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