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Warning: Dangerous Territory - A Cable Question [message #1746]

Sat, 21 May 2005 10:16

wunhuanglo
Messages: 912
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

From what little I understand the idea of an interconnect is to accurately transmit a voltage signature where the impedance of the sink is high enough to make the current flow negligible.

If this is essentially correct, wouldn’t graphite spark plug wires make excellent single-ended interconnects?

Skin Effect in Graphite?

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Carbon interconnects [message #1747 is a reply to message #1746]

Sat, 21 May 2005 12:09

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18706
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

There is a carbon interconnect, similar to carbon core spark plug wires:

Van den Hul carbon interconnects

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Durn! [message #1748 is a reply to message #1747]

Sat, 21 May 2005 16:49

Poindexter
Messages: 108
Registered: May 2009

Viscount

Do they still make those? That's a long commercial life for a product I've never heard of being actually bought and used.

Poinz

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Ping Howard [message #1760 is a reply to message #1746]

Sun, 22 May 2005 22:22

colinhester
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Registered: May 2009
Location: NE Arkansas

Illuminati (3rd Degree)

From what I remember of Howard's (ART member) old website, he actually built a set of carbon fiber (?) interconnects and did quite a bit of testing. He would be a good source of information. Follow link to get his email address .....Colin