On Thursday 17 April 2008, Kent A. Reed wrote:
>Gene:
>
>There's nice background material on electoplating, electrodeposition,
>and such in the Wikipedia. I did enough electroplating in grad school
>not to want to go there if I can avoid it.
>
>Did you notice that CoolAmp also markets Conducto-Lube? I don't know if
>it would work in your application but it's nice stuff.
>
>It's been 40 years since I worked with vacuum tubes. My last project was
>a 40kw RF power supply for a grad school physics experiment I built
>based on a surplus 1950s vintage Collins transmitter the Navy used for
>shore-to-ship communications. I fell in love with the glow of filaments
>when I was a teenager. I learned the hard way with that if you have a
>metal splinter in your finger don't wave your hand near the output
>circuitry (until that moment I didn't have a clue the splinter was
>there). The "inside out" burn I got was the most painful and
>long-to-heal wound I've ever suffered.
Was the splinter even there in the first place, Kent? That is exactly how an
rf burn feels and acts, looking like a splinter that just happened to get
superheated. And they are hell to heal. Been there, done that, too darned
many times. Been playing with electrons for income for nearly 60 years now.
--
Cheers, Gene
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