Re: Aluminium Wire (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:21:09 -0500
From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)



Alum will work but limits your peak primary current.  Alum is not very good 
at RF frequencies.  It is used for 60 Hz commercial power transmission lines 
but not good above a few hundred Hz.

Been there, done that, and took measurements.  Alum was a loser for best 
coil performance.

Dr. Resonance



Resonance Research Corp.
www.resonanceresearch.com


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Subject: 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)
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> 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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>> 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
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>> Hi all,
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>> 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
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