Re: Aluminium Wire (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:14:34 -0500
From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)



You are not trying to send peak currents of 500 to 5000 Amps thru this 
conductor.  In the pri circuit copper is still the best choice.  A typical 
medium size coil with a 0.05 uF Maxwell cap will hit 3,000 Amps peak at 200 
Khz.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corp.
www.resonanceresearch.com


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Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: Aluminium Wire (fwd)


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> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:12:59 -0700
> From: Dr.Hankenstein <Dr.Hankenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)
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> Why would aluminum be considered "bad" for RF?
> My antennas work great...and they're made out of aluminum!
> So does the top-load on my tesla coil...five foot cross section, 5kva 
> input, 10 foot sparks....and it's aluminum! see: 
> http://www.drspark.org/images/wwt6.jpg
> Perhaps working with unconventional materials and designs is what coiling 
> is all about; what do you think?.
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> Woo
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>> From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Date: 9/27/2007 7:52:22 PM
>> Subject: 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)
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>> 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.
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>> Been there, done that, and took measurements.  Alum was a loser for best
>> coil performance.
>>
>> Dr. Resonance
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>> Resonance Research Corp.
>> www.resonanceresearch.com
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>> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:39 PM
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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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>> >> 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 :-(
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>> >> Chris
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