REFLECTOR:Buss material

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On 26 Apr 2004 at 13:31, Al Gietzen wrote:

> I had the same concern about the thickness of my bus bar.  Bob Nuckols told
> me that, in a DC circuit, it's the surface area, not the cross section, of

> I’ll have to take issue with Bob on this one – if that’s what he meant.
> It’s the cross-sectional area (and length) that determines resistance.


It must be a misunderstanding. The only time I've heard of the skin 
effect - were it's the outer surface that carries the current - is at very 
high frequencies.

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David Parrish