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Plating for Electrical Panels
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What about copper plating? Are the contacts fixed once and for all? Oxidation might be a problem in the long term.
This is a panel to which other components will be mounted?
Typically such panels are finished with an insulating varnish or dielectric paint to make them non-conductive. This reduces the possibility of a short-to-ground if a terminal becomes lose, or some conductive debris enters the panel.
If you want a conductive panel then the suggested zinc would probably be ok, as would tin or electroless nickel.
Typically such panels are finished with an insulating varnish or dielectric paint to make them non-conductive. This reduces the possibility of a short-to-ground if a terminal becomes lose, or some conductive debris enters the panel.
If you want a conductive panel then the suggested zinc would probably be ok, as would tin or electroless nickel.
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