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RE: Aluminium Wire (fwd)



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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:16:32 -0400
From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)

Radio Shack used to sell some heavy ~.125" Aluminum "ground" wire, for
grounding TV antennas.  Not sure if they still sell this.  But why use
Aluminum wire at all?  Copper is more common, solderable, and a better
conductor.  Al will work though.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

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> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:47 AM
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> Subject: Aluminium Wire (fwd)
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> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:48:54 +0100
> From: Chris Swinson <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Aluminium Wire
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know if you can buy Aluminium Wire ? Pondering doing some
> testing over copper vs Aluminium Wire with a very small coil, though
looks a
> pretty are kind of thing :-(
> 
> Chris
> 
>