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Re: Bundling of coax cables

Subject: Re: Bundling of coax cables
From: europabuilder@ntlworld.com
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 15:21:24
> Also remember that aluminium has no capacity to shield magnetism ,like if
> you put a sheet of metal across the rear of the bulkhead it needs to be
thin
> gauge stainless, or you'll need to buy 5 litres (minimum order) of Nickle
> Based paint at about 200 a go !!!!

Although most (but not all) stainless is not magnetic (i.e. not attracted to
a magnet), it is not a good shield against magnetic interference.  This can
be seen by placing a magnet behind a non-magnetic sheet of stainless and
holding some magnetic steel against the magnet on the other side.

Cheers,
Mark.

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