Re: SATA cables
On 02/12/2016 12:21 PM, David Christensen wrote:
On 02/12/2016 12:24 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
...
> 'hot red' colored wire in a mic cable that always broke, ...
> After a year or 2, there was no wire remaining in that tubing, just a
> reddish copper dust!
Wow. Somebody didn't understand chemistry/ metallurgy. I'd suspect the
copper before the insulation (or the jacket), but only a chemical
assessment would tell.
I personally know that Gene hails back to the days when real men used
soldering irons in the TV broadcast industry. On another list Gene made
the same claim about 5 years ago. All of my drives were acting flakey,
so I took his hint and replaced the cables with black ones. No more
problems. As far as the chemistry goes, if the red dye contained an
oxidizer, then the heat from the amperage flowing in the cable would
cause gassing and a faster oxidation rate. Copper does oxidize quite
readily. I spent 26 years in the chemical industry and a 20 degree rise
above room temperature would cause some of our caustics to eat
everything that attempted to pump them. So, while someone might not know
chemistry/metallurgy, it might not be Gene. Ric
--
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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