[Amps] Cool Amp Silver Plating

[John Lyles]

We use it often at work. It's expensive. It doesn't do squat for 
improving the conductivity of surfaces like cavities and inductors for 
RF current, as Peter pointed out. That requires at least 3 to 5 times 
the skin depth which is less than 0.001" at 2 meters. At 200 MHz, where 
I have been working for the past 5 years on cavity HPAs, I use 0.006"
of electroplated silver with very good success.

Cool amp gives a very thin layer of silver. But it is useful to reduce 
contact resistance, such as where a center conductor of a connection 
must press against another. Or where you need to have a roller or wiping 
contact, with minimal force applied. Or in a bolted contact where you 
want to reduce the contact resistance. It is intended for AC and DC 
power applications for reducing resistance of contacts.
73
John
K5PRO


> All,
> Has anyone used this power? If so, what is your opinion/facts of how your project turned out? Any special precautions needed?
> Thanks ahead of time.
> 73 Hardy N7RT