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Default What is the purspose of pre-tinned wire?


"Mr. Haney"
"Phil Allison"

** No.

Teflon coated wire intended is for high temp applications.


With the sole exclusion of anything related to a nuclear reactor.



** Wot utterly irrelevant drivel.


Silver has a much higher melting point than tin ( just a tad below copper)
and is more corrosion resistant too.


Also, purified Silver Oxide, made in the lab, conducts better than the
element itself does.



** Shame it does not even exist on silver objects or wires.


Silver oxide on wires, and other conductive
surfaces creates a protective 'patina' on the surfaces that are exposed
to the air.



** Absolute ******** !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The dark tarnish seen on silver is silver sulphide ( Ag2S ) - which is an
insulator.

Hanley is just parroting one of the DUMBEST MYTHS floating around the
internet and swallowed whole by audiophools.



...... Phil