That’s why you shouldn’t use it outdoors. Braid used indoors is fine, of
course. I use a #6 ring terminal to attach 1/2” braid, and they work fine.
Use the rusty crimping tool in the bottom of your toolbox, lol.
Chris
KF7P
On Mar 19, 2018, at 6:14 , N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net> wrote:
A question that doesn't seem to have been raised is whether this is a good
material for HF grounding. I just verified my memory that W8JI questioned
that, because of the multiple fine wire construction of the braid and the
consequent likely increase in resistance as thebraid aged.
FWIW, I use 3/4" copper pipe run along the back edge of my operating desk, with
silver soldered joints. Individual pieces of gear are connected to it with #2
wire, ring terminals, and internal toothed lock washers to ensure good
connections.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/27/2018 11:33 PM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
> "Kurt, you are way off base talking about auto parts stores the way you have.
> You have obviously made an assumption. Trust me, I owned an auto parts store
> for over 20 years and we, meaning my store and my suppliers had a large
> variety of connectors and lugs from the same suppliers as any other hardware
> or electric supply house."
>
> No, that's forty-one years of experience as recent as last December. You had
> a store, you know what I'm talking about, you don't need to try and convince
> me of anything.
>
> I suggest those wanting higher quality components, even just connectors and
> terminals, search military, aerospace, and medical suppliers for traceable
> products- used in applications that matter, where failure is very bad, so by
> design and application, unlikely to ever happen.
>
> Kurt
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