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Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-22-2011, 06:57 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I never suspected that you didn't know what you...

I never suspected that you didn't know what you were talking about, nothing you said lead me to believe that, although I tend to take anything ANYONE says with a grain of salt, especially if that...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-21-2011, 06:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I am finally convinced. I held the wire with a...

I am finally convinced. I held the wire with a pair of pliers and ground the surface off on my bench grinder. Finally I was able to get the copper to show through unambiguously. So anyway, I was...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-21-2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I took this outside in the sunlight to look at...

I took this outside in the sunlight to look at it, and on second thought the cross section might look slightly copper-toned, but it's not easy to tell since the strands are so small.
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-21-2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I tried scraping the "silver" with an xacto,...

I tried scraping the "silver" with an xacto, couldn't get it to come off. I tried heating it with a soldering iron and it wouldn't melt off, also when I took the iron away and let it cool none of...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-21-2011, 11:20 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

Stumbled across that on some google searches. I...

Stumbled across that on some google searches. I didn't realize such a thing existed. I will definitely be curious to see if I can scrape off the "silver", but looking at it straight on as a cross...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-21-2011, 08:51 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

Do you see how much of this wire is exposed? If...

Do you see how much of this wire is exposed? If they're tinning this much wire, they're doing it wrong. I will scrape when I get home, but I am reasonably certain that this is not solder we're...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-21-2011, 08:12 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I will try this when I get home, but the strands...

I will try this when I get home, but the strands are this color all the way through, it is not a coating of solder on the outside if that's what you're thinking.
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-20-2011, 08:58 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I found the original bullet connector I cut off,...

I found the original bullet connector I cut off, I stripped off the insulation and I took a pic of it next to some copper wire.

http://nathanjohnson.info/wires.jpg
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-20-2011, 08:01 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

Aluminum wire does exist. It's used in power...

Aluminum wire does exist. It's used in power grids, it's used in some homes (though it's not terribly popular now)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum_wire

It has a higher resistivity than...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-20-2011, 07:46 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

I need to get some pics of this, I am 99% sure...

I need to get some pics of this, I am 99% sure this is not copper. I am not saying that the wires on the batteries you soldered were anything other than copper (hence asking in a forum what others...
Forum: Radio and Electronics
04-20-2011, 07:08 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,321
Posted By nashvillecactus

turnigy batteries / 8awg wires

I think I figured out why they use 8AWG wire on the Turnigy batteries. I was soldering Deans connectors and I noticed that the wire looked odd. The wire certainly does not look like copper, it's...
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