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previous: Marc and solid copper chassis!... -- 9/30/1999 3:30 AM

Re: Solen caps in guitar power supply.

10/1/1999 3:29 AM
R.G.	Re: Solen caps in guitar power supply. It's easy to see that youse guys don't have the right perspective Solid copper? Solid copper? Why not solid Silver? Much higher conductivity, the oxides are not semiconductive. Shoot, I've never seen an ad for "oxygen free high conductivity silver" wire like I see all the time for copper. Let's do this: take a solid billet of silver about 24" by 8" by maybe 8" and mill it down into a chassis that'll fit inside a Fender combo. I guess we'll have to leave the front, back and bottom about 1/4" thick for strength, maybe reinforce the transformers with aluminum L bracket or some such for strength. Deep phone plugs, but that's no trouble. Man, a good hardened steel bit will last forever in silver! I guess we should sweep up the shavings. Maybe we could trade them for solid silver screen wire for the top of the cabinet.

10/1/1999 3:29 AM

R.G.

Re: Solen caps in guitar power supply.

It's easy to see that youse guys don't have the right perspective ;-)

Solid copper? Solid *copper*?

Why not solid Silver? Much higher conductivity, the oxides are not semiconductive. Shoot, I've never seen an ad for "oxygen free high conductivity silver" wire like I see all the time for copper.

Let's do this: take a solid billet of silver about 24" by 8" by maybe 8" and mill it down into a chassis that'll fit inside a Fender combo. I guess we'll have to leave the front, back and bottom about 1/4" thick for strength, maybe reinforce the transformers with aluminum L bracket or some such for strength. Deep phone plugs, but that's no trouble. Man, a good hardened steel bit will last forever in silver!

I guess we should sweep up the shavings. Maybe we could trade them for solid silver screen wire for the top of the cabinet.

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Marc Well shoot, I just wasn't thinkin'!... -- 10/1/1999 4:36 AM