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kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

kct pcb reinforce on a 4-layer mains board placed 57 anchors, but only 16 survive the board's HV class floor of 0.4 mm, the IEC 60664 pairwise table of 1.6 mm between 150 V and 3.3 V, and the 0.5 mm hole-to-hole rule; KiCad DRC flagged 17 clearance errors and some anchors sat on connector and TO-220 pin holes, even though kct route and kct creepage both know these requirements.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Electrical Engineer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
3 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$30,000
  • 1 user · 1 month240 min
  • Rest of team960 min
  • Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.