[sdiy] Importance of electrical test at PCB manufacturing?

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Colin f wrote:

>
>> How important is it to do an electrical test when
>> manufacturing PCBs? I'm going to do a batch of 30 boards and
>> i'd really like to skip the $140 test fee if it's not necessary..
>
> It doesn't seem important at all, until you get a batch of boards  
> with a
> blob on a photoplot that puts shorts on every board, and the  
> manufacturer
> denies liability since you didn't pay for testing. This hasn't  
> happened to
> me, but I've heard of it.
> But why not use a PCB fab who include testing for free on all orders ?

pcbcart just does electrical testing automatically, I think - I've  
been happy with them so far.

- Aaron