, The spec this came from has been superceded by IPC-2221, available through http://www.ipc.org . It is at least useful for order of magnitude and really hasn't changed much in the >31 volts values. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is from ANSI/IPC-D-275. Voltage Spacing (FR4) B1 B2 B3 B4 A5 A6 A7 0-15 0.1mm 0.64mm 0.64mm 0.13mm 0.13mm 0.13mm 0.13mm 16-30 0.1mm 0.64mm 0.64mm 0.13mm 0.13mm 0.25mm 0.13mm 31-50 0.1mm 0.64mm 0.64mm 0.13mm 0.13mm 0.38mm 0.13mm 51-100 0.1mm 0.64mm 1.5mm 0.13mm 0.13mm 0.5mm 0.13mm 101-150 0.2mm 0.64mm 3.18mm 0.38mm 0.38mm 0.75mm 0.38mm 151-170 0.2mm 1.27mm 3.18mm 0.38mm 0.38mm 0.75mm 0.38mm 171-250 0.2mm 1.27mm 6.4mm 0.38mm 0.38mm 0.75mm 0.38mm 251-300 0.2mm 1.27mm 12.7mm 0.38mm 0.38mm 0.75mm 0.38mm 301-500 0.25mm 2.54mm 12.7mm 0.75mm 0.75mm 1.5mm 0.75mm >500 0.0025mm/V 0.0254mm/V 0.00305mm/V 0.00305mm/V >500 0.005mm/V 0.00305mm/V 0.00305mm/V B1 Internal Conductors B2 External Conductors, uncoated, sea level to 10,000 feet B3 External Conductors, uncoated, over 10,000 feet B4 External Conductors, with permanent polymer coating A5 External Conductors, with conformal coating over assembly A6 External Components lead/termination uncoated A7 External Components lead/termination with conformal coating -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, -- Jeff Seeger Applied CAD Knowledge Inc Chief Technical Officer Tyngsboro, MA 01879 jseeger "at" appliedcad "dot" com 978 649 9800 President, Greater Boston Chapter, IPC Designer's Council ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu