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Conductive Paint -Might be helpful for someone Track and electrical/DCC
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Active Member 53 posts Meadmaker Active Member 53 posts
Meadmaker

I use this on electric guitar builds.

Thought it might be helpful for someone given that it is an electrically conductive paint.

With all the new electrical and electronic projects being created by folks, just figured someone might have an MRR application for this stuff.

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MikeHughes Super User 5,566 posts
MikeHughes

Purpose?

Re the electric guitars … for ground … to shield pickups … supress hum?
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railandsail Prolific poster 8,846 posts
railandsail

Is it conductive paint, or

Is it conductive paint, or conductive shielding?

Brian

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Janet N Prolific poster 1,168 posts
Janet N

Primary use is as a shielding method, not current carrier

From what I make out reading the manufacturer's description on their own website, this isn't designed to carry any appreciable current.

For shielding circuitry from stray induced current, you are talking in microamperes at most, if I recall my electronics training correctly.  It might be useful for making connections from metal wheel to metal wheel across a surface mount resistor glued to an axle, as used in signaling applications, but its primary use is to give a path to ground for any stray current induced in a surface - like for draining static electricity.

For God's sake, don't try to use it as a ground for any circuit carrying any appreciable amount of power - like any sort of bus.

Janet N.
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Prof_Klyzlr Moderator 7,961 posts
Prof_Klyzlr

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