Re: Conductive paint?

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Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

Aluminum tape will take a lot of punishment before it burns up. and copper
tape will take even more (and your wallet$$). cul brian
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Subject: RE: Conductive paint?


> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
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> You can paint anything you want, but conductive paint is not really that
> good of a conductor.  Not nearly as good as aluminum tape.  I assume we're
> talking about using these objects as a top load, right?  The energy stored
> in the top load's capacitance needs to be able to drain into a streamer in
a
> hurry, and any resistance in the path is counterproductive.  What's wrong
> with aluminum tape?
>
> Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA
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> >Original poster: "ebyng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> ><ebyng-at-netlimit-dot-com>
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> >What is there to stop persons from taking strange tube type objects, and
> >painting them with conductive paint instead of messing around with
aluminum
> >tape??
> >Why?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Erik
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