/products/manufacturers/altium/b/blog/posts/common-causes-of-shorts-on-pcbsAs an undergrad, I once had classes cancelled because of an electrical fire in a neighboring building. Even funnier was that I was actually in a junior-level electrical engineering course when we were dismissed. Several students wanted to go c...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/altium/b/blog/posts/common-causes-of-shorts-on-pcbsThu, 14 Dec 2017 13:36:01 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b9caf38c-a892-40cf-83a7-acdb1c22cb20tarribred610<p>I like the graphic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We once had a mixed through-hole and surface mount (top side only) PCB that was prone to shorts because the vias were not tented on the bottom side.&nbsp; When it was run through the wave solder for the through-hole parts it would tend to solder bridge closely spaced vias on the bottom side.&nbsp; Revising the board to encroach the vias with solder mask fixed that problem.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3955&AppID=65&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/altium/b/blog/posts/common-causes-of-shorts-on-pcbsWed, 06 Dec 2017 23:05:08 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b9caf38c-a892-40cf-83a7-acdb1c22cb20jw07520<p>Hi Peter,</p><p>Thanks for the good information and the entertaining presentation.</p><p>John</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3955&AppID=65&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">