I have several products that have wires soldered to a PCB, that connection is buried under a blob of hot melt. For the most part this is driven by my fear of the wires being abused during handling and assembly rather than concern about forces when in use. Some of them are 10+ years old at this point and I haven't seen any noteworthy failures. -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .