Blame it on Edison. I bet it was for DC.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
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NRA LOH & Endowment Member
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Lew Hartswick wrote:
Proctologically Violated©® wrote:

If it *is* silver, it is a marvelous idea, because sposedly the bulk
of the current density in a conducting wire lies on the surface of the
wire.
If it's tin plated, the question is then *why*!
Nickel??


Skin effect (current flowing on the surface of a conductor) only
begins to become measurable at Megahertz frequencies. At 60 hz
it would be essentially ZERO.
...lew...

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