RE: gold secondary

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Original poster: "alfred erpel" <alfred@xxxxxxxxx>


Hi Earl,

        If you are looking for lowest electrical resistance, silver is the
best and way cheaper than gold. The best four (at room temperature)
electrical conductors from least resistance to highest are:

silver
copper
gold
aluminum

(I think the thermal conductance follows the same order)

        This chart shows a few more.  I am guessing that there are way
better charts than this on the internet; maybe someone else will post one.
http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/socratic/output/spec_r.pdf

        Regardless of this, optimizing all the factors of building a tesla
coil is going to have way more positive effect on the performance of a tesla
coil than the small reduction in resistance from using silver wire instead
of copper wire.

Regards,

Al Erpel


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> Original poster: "earl rhodes" <earl_1975@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> hello earl here
> this is a most serious question i have looked for materials
> and it wouldnt really cost that much !considering! and is
> something i may do !what would be the result of winding a
> gold secondary would there be any benefit ! has this been done !
> if so could you please point me to the info thanx ps. dont
> laugh !too hard!
>