Electronics upgrades

[Taswegian]

For sure the alu-foil and contact cement will work, and it's as good as copper tape electrically. It also appeals to the cheapskate in me.

What I have been using lately is aluminum tape. You can get 30 yards of 2 inch aluminum tape for around $8 US. That's enough to do about half the PBG inventory ;-)

http://m.harborfreight.com/2-inch-x-...not%20provided

It's easy to get since it's used in HVAC work, so any home improvement store should have it.

The sticky side is conductive, so if you stick one piece partly over another it will form a continuous circuit without soldering. The only advantage to copper tape is that it is easier to solder on a ground wire, although soldering the copper tape is not that easy either IMO.

I get around the ground problem by driving a small screw through the foil somewhere and attaching a ground wire to the screw.

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Garden centres sell adhesive backed copper tape about 1" (25mm) by several metres for under $10. It's slug repellent. You stick it around the rim of your plant pots. I shielded my Strat copy with it. A few solder blobs across the joins because the adhesive may not be conductive, but it takes solder really well.