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Default What is the purspose of pre-tinned wire?

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:30:45 -0700, spamtrap1888 wrote:

Silver does not oxidize so much as it tarnishes, by picking up sulfur from
the air.


I once watched a guy build a 1KW linear out of surplus parts. He had this
beautiful silver-plated tank coil, and this idiot SAMDPAPERED the tarnish
off!

Can you say "skin effect", boys and girls? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich