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Default What is the purspose of pre-tinned wire?

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:29:51 -0700, (Dave Platt)
wrote:

I don't believe that the silver plating is thick enough to give the
wire a significant conductivity advantage over pure copper, even at RF
frequencies.



There are grades of plating, just like there are grades of say hard
anodizing surface thickness for Aluminum, which affects its insulative
capacity (electrical).