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December 27, 2010 at 8:14 am #9343
zapkitty
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MTd2 wrote: So, there is an upgrade going on FoFu-1, according to LPPX’s twitter, to upgrade from copper to tungsten. So, I am confused now. What is the reason to choose Tungsten?

If you mean…

http://twitter.com/LPPX/status/18373950400630784

… perhaps the “rods” mentioned are the trigger electrodes in the switches that Lerner-hakase referred to? Not an upgrade to the FF core but rather rebuilds of the existing switches?

Interpreting brief on-the-fly technical tweets can be tricky but I’ve gotten the vague impression that they’ve been having to repair and/or upgrade the new switches a bit as they up the power in the test unit… this is only a supposition on my part but if it is so then I wouldn’t find it surprising.