Re: [tlug] Gold Fever

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Jim wrote:

> > [LHS] But if silver - a cheaper material than gold - is bypassed for gold for 
> > contacts, then I think oxidation is an issue?  
> >    
>
> Oxidation of silver _can_ be an issue. 
> Even when it is, there are plenty of solutions, 
> some including gold plating, many not including gold plating. [Etc.]
>  
>
> [Details (see original)]
>  

> The most powerful effect of gold is to tarnish the minds of people 
> with the thought that because it is expensive, that it must be 
> better. 

Guilty as charged!  And the audio bit - also guilty as charged.  I'm 
afraid I'm more of a mechanic than anything, which has been exposed and 
brought to my attention - even through my own thick skull!

I'll try not to sound off when I don't know what I'm talking about - ouch!

Lyle