RE: [TCML] gold secondary

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

I meant to include in my post -

At the risk of appearing argumentative, if folks are going to suggest that using expensive or exotic components provide superior performance over garden-variety materials, I'm going to ask for supporting data.  In fact, this whole gold plated wire thread has been heavy on HOW and uncharacteristically light on the WHY.  I can understand the aesthetic appeal of gold plated components, but like the criminally overpriced Monster audio cables, there doesn't appear to be any functional reasons behind this.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Lau, Gary
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:36 AM
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> Subject: RE: [TCML] gold secondary
> 
> You use silver plated wire on *ALL* of your coils?  Is this to say that you've
> documented a performance advantage when using silver plated wire over
> conventional magnet wire?  Can you share the details of such a comparison?  My
> understanding was that secondary Q is far less important than primary Q, given
> that at breakout, Q falls through the floor.  Even folks who wound secondaries with
> Litz wire reported no significant difference.
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of DC Cox
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:27 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [TCML] gold secondary
> >
> > silver plated wire is much less expensive and it works well at RF
> > frequencies.  That's what we use on all of our coils.
> >
> > Dr. Resonance
> 
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