nocturnal59 0 Posted April 1, 2009 Does it really make a differnce zinc vs copper? i hooked up two same exact cameras, both on 1000ft spools and see no difference. Would the only differnce be the life of the connector? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kensplace 0 Posted April 1, 2009 I cant see why it would make any positive difference at all, that would be viewable to the human eye. If anything, using a connector made from a different metal than the mating socket may actually introduce the risk of disimilar metal corrosion (speculating here, as its not a area I am expert in...) http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tables/Corrosion/Cor_bi_met.html http://www.1st-coating.com/protection_contacts.htm According to the above charts, zinc seems to react with a lot of metals, if a reaction did occur it could cause a negative effect over time on the picture, and the life of the connectors... No idea if it would happen though, but I have seen warnings in motherboard manuals from time to time warning against adding gold plated sims to tin plated sockets and vice versa due to this problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
