I want to remove the Mask cop from certain tracks to make a thick solder path on it to increase the flow-able current.
--- In [email protected], "Rick Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Azhar Saeed" xyz9915@ wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Please guide me that how do I remove 'Mask' (green coating) from > > certain tracks to increase current. > > I am using following version of Kicad: > > KiCad-2007-11-29-c-WinXP_autoinstall.zip) > > Maybe I am missing something, but how does removing the solder mask > increase current in a trace? Are you saying that the solder mask > reduces heat dissipation to a significant degree? I would think that > there were other variables that were more important. For example, > having a power plane helps to spread the heat, increasing the > dissipation of a trace. Typically both of these are small enough > effects that they are not even considered when calculating the allowed > current through a trace. > > Rick >
