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Letter 31077
How to make Silver Tinned Solid Copper
Wire at home
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Hi,
I am purchasing some 200' of 10 GA solid copper wire with silver
plate for electrical application. I am paying a premium for the
silver plate (about 1.85 / ft for 110 copper). I generally use small
quantities at a time - 75 to 100 ft.
Is there a way that I can use a silver solder and "silver plate"
the wire myself? I imagine a process similar to tinning copper wire.
I looked at a typical plumbing silver solder but I see that it has
copper in it. Could this create copper oxide? I need the plate to
prevent oxidation of surface copper. Silver is what has been
recommended to me for use. Local plating shops have balked at plating
such a small amount of material and few are set up to handle wire.
Thanks ahead for all replies!
Regards,
Bob Leyendecker
engineer - Austin, Texas
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Dear Bob!
You can use simple immersion silvering solution (very thin silver
layer,but very simple and cheap process).If oxidation is only problem
maybe nickel plate is better solution.
Goran Budija
- Zagreb , Croatia
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Sir
I want to establish a company for silver plating on copper wire.
So I want to know how plate silver on copper wire echonomically.
Umesh Kumar
- Chandpur, Uttara Pradesh, India
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