Silver on copper
I am new to electroplating, and would like some guidance on what is required to add silver plating to copper. The copper transmission line at our FM transmitter site is made up of concentric copper pipes (Inside pipe about 3/4" dia., outside pipe about 3" diameter). The inner pipe sections are connected together using silver plated 'bullets' that fit on the inside of the pipe. There is a considerable temperature rise due to poor electrical contact between the silver plating of the bullet and copper pipe that I think would be improved if the inside of the pipe where the bullet fits were silver plated. I have various DC power supplies available, and a piece of pure silver 4"X1"X0.1" in size. Is the Silver Plating solution all that I need to plate the inside of the ends of the copper pipe?
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