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1. [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: mike stokes <mike9v@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 12:24:28 -0400; Hello I need to improve my radials and lightning protection. What Silver Solder is best for the job and where is a good place to purchase it ? Thanks in advance. -- Mike Stokes KK9V _________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00109.html (7,279 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 12:30:00 -0400; Mike, There's "good-better-best" silver content. 5%-15% is common. You can get silver solder bars at a local welding supplier or on-line from vendors like this: http://www.gacopper.com/BrazingRod.htm; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00110.html (8,185 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:51:28 -0700; I need to improve my radials and lightning protection. What Silver Solder is best for the job and where is a good place to purchase it ? I'm not sure silver solder (called silver brazing these days); /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00112.html (11,213 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Paul Christensen <w9ac@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:07:51 -0400; Use approved grounding clamps and conductor size to satisfy local code and NEC. Then augment the system with silver-soldered connections. Paul, W9AC Sent from my iPhone6 _____________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00113.html (10,201 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:24:49 -0700; or, use brazing (or whatever) for the radial network (where it matters) and deal with lightning and safety grounds separately _______________________________________________ ________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00114.html (8,014 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 12:48:56 -0500; I would highly recommend that you use the silphoz brazing alloy IF you have a torch hotter than a normal Mapp gas unit. Silphoz is an alloy pioneered by the HVAC industry that is principally copper w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00115.html (9,435 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Bryan Fields <Bryan@bryanfields.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 14:12:34 -0400; I use Harris Safety-Silv 56FC a 56% Silver Brazing Rod. You need the higher content of silver to hold up under ground (though some new alloys work too), and it bonds to everything (Copper/bronze/stee; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00116.html (8,093 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 11:25:22 -0700; I'm not sure I'd rely on any "solder" for strength of the connection for radials. The solder would be there only to preserve the electrical connection and I'd rely on some sort of mechanical connecti; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00117.html (13,746 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:09:14 -0700; I For lightning protection (or any high current application), solder seems to me to be a very poor choice. Solder, including silver solder, almost invariably will be the highest resistance element (a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00118.html (9,854 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: charlie@thegallos.com; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 16:39:44 -0400; I think people are confusing two types of solder here. There are "low temperature" silver solders (Stay-brite is one) that are basically replacements for lead solder. These are the types of solder t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00123.html (10,655 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: charlie@thegallos.com; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 16:44:45 -0400; <snip>> For lightning protection (or any high current application), solder seems Dave, you are confusing "soft" silver solder with "Hard" silver solder aka silver brazing, which is explicitly allowed; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00124.html (8,749 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:04:13 -0700; I'm not really confusing the two, although I wasn't as clear as I could have been. I understand the difference ... I just don't see the point of using hard silver brazing rods. 1. You don't need them; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00126.html (10,634 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: "Stan Labinsky Jr." <K2STN@frontier.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 19:00:10 -0400; When the potable water safety solder came out, I read up on it and saw that it claimed about three times the strength of 50-50 lead-tin solder. Anecdotal evidence on< Put up a two element co-linear,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00127.html (9,993 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 19:15:30 -0400; "For lightning grounds with a few connections, a proper mechanical clamp or an exothermic weld, both of which are readily available to hams, are as good or better than brazed connections using materi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00129.html (12,210 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 19:40:11 -0400; ...snip... I don't know, at least in the circles I hang in, almost everyone has a B tank or two hanging around, and a few pounds of silver solder, so cadwelds are "exotic" and having the gear to silv; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00130.html (9,314 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 20:00:15 -0700; After using oxy-acetylene (O2A) at the suggestion of a few list members, I would never again use either of the other gas types alone. Once the acetylene valve is brought up to pressure and gas ignit; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00136.html (9,772 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 18:51:43 -0400; For grounding, safety or lightening, I avoid mechanical connections like the plague. Much depends on the soil PH, but here, I've never had a mechanical clamp last a year, including the ones installed; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00171.html (20,437 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] Silver Solder (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 19:20:40 -0400; Using Oxy-Hydrogen is little different than Oxy-Acetylene except for the cost, invisible flame and lower flame temp. It takes a lot of H2 to get the BTUs required and no real reason to use it. I used; /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00172.html (10,806 bytes)

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