Excellent point. In my experience almost all anodize is non-
conductive. The only conductive one that I recall is black zinc.
Curt
On Jan 10, 2008, at 4:01 PM, John Woodgate wrote:
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>
> I noticed that the aluminium is anodized. Presumably this is a type
> of anodizing known not to form an electrically insulating layer, as
> it usually does. I agree that introducing third and fourth metals
> (steel screws with zinc coating) is unwise. If there is no chance of
> intermetallic reaction between the aluminium and gold ('purple
> plague'), stainless steel screws may be advisable.
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