Re: faraday cage questions (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:34:55 -0700
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: faraday cage questions (fwd)


On Dec 30, 2006, at 7:09 AM, High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:41:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: davep@xxxxxxxx
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> Subject: RE: faraday cage questions (fwd)
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>> I have made one with 12 X 24mm (approx) weld mesh. Attenuation was  
>> about
>> 15 db at 300Mz, will be less as the frequency increases. Why not  
>> build
>> it out of copper sheet, it could be thin and will be more effective?
>      Copper sheet will be little, if any, more effective.
>      Given the freqs proposed, sheet is overkill, and any practical
>      size mesh will do nicely.  I'd noit use 'hurricane fence'
>      with its unbonded wires, but 'hardware cloth'/'chicken wire'
>      etc will do nicely at these freqs.

Rather difficult to make a good electrical connection to all that  
oxidized zinc, innit?

  - Gomez

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