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In the Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread)
Post Subject: Copper connectors.Posted by xandcg on: 4/26/2021
Paul,
I've been using my utterly boring pandemic free time to look for stuff on the internet and update the data/designs of some projects, and I am almost sure I've seen a company selling copper connectors (RCA at least) plated with gold (likely in Asia), but I'm failing to remember what company is that; however I found this one too, (not cheap) using gold plated "tellurium copper" (IIRC the connector of the other company looked better made).
https://audioenvy.com/product/connectors/pure-copper-rca/
About the connector salvage, it was more about the idea of looking for old military electronics which I suppose should not be that hard to find in Central/Eastern Europe.
My catheter thing is not so dramatic since this is fully internal. This is a 'Double J' catheter connecting the right kidney with the bladder(?). I've done two kidney surgeries this year due to kidney stones, the first was an emergence to (reestablish the urine flux), and the one I have now was supposed to stay for just about a week or two (removed about the end of the last month), but with the COVID cases skyrocketing in here all elective surgeries are suspended in almost all hospitals, and so I have no idea when this thing will be removed (unless something like a complication arise turning the remotion into an emergency).
I have two problems about leaving home: 1. if I walk more the 100...200 meters I get a lot of blood in the urine[1], increasing the chances of some complication. 2. quite often when I drink any liquid I need to use the bathroom right after. If I try to hold it for a second, an intense pain begin, increasing over the time, and then at some point holding the urine make no difference... :-)
...and I still have two other surgeries to do this year, one in the gallbladder and another related with a cyst[2].
[1] ironically, with the first and identical catheter I had after the first surgery I got no problems of doing anything.
[2] the surgery is super simple but it needs to heal open (above the coccyx). I'm procrastinating this one for years waiting a better solution (there is a new one using laser but not available in here yet except in the south region). :-(
Cheers,
Alex
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