[TheForge] Chemical Questions ?

Wed Nov 13 05:09:00 2002

Yeah I guess there would be a higher humidity near a pool, but high enough I
dont know?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 13 November, 2002 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chemical Questions ?

> At 10:28 PM 11/11/02, you wrote:
> >I thought about that a while back too, but the thing is it wont work in
air,
> >anodes sacrifice themselves in water because you have a "circuit" but in
air
> >it wont work.
>
> Are you real sure Shannel? I know that the electronic corrosion
> controllers  work " dry.
> It is moot in this case, but a damp environment like this with both vapor
> and spray, not to mention condensation, may well be enough to make your "
> circut.
> Having lived at the beach for 20 years, I recall that 20 ga sheet steel
> would perforate in less than a year on the windward side of the house.
> ......Pete
>
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Sent: 12 November, 2002 3:38 PM
> >Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chemical Questions ?
> >
> >
> > > At 08:12 PM 11/11/02, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Too cryptic; sorry.
> > > The idea is to attach a mass of a " less noble" metal to the pieces
you
> > > want to protect.  You may want to ground the "zinc" in addition.
> > > In theory, the zinc will sacrifice itself and preferentially corrode
> > > first.  Salt water is  as much corrosive fun as swimming pool vapors,
I'd
> > > guess.
> > > It is a traditional solution for protecting steel boat hulls.  On the
> > > really fancy new boats, they are sometimes using pure aluminum  as a
> > > sacrifice annode(?) instead .
> > > There is also a way to send a small charge through the work that will
> > > inhibit corrosion and it sounds like your client can afford it....
> > > ......Does that make any more sense?........Pete
> > > http://www.peterfels.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > >Thanks for your idea Pete, but I don't know what that is.
> > > >I'm not dealing with a saltwater environment but rather
> > > >a chlorine one.
> > > >dave m
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave; I wonder if some sacrifice zincs, like used on a saltwater
boat
> >to
> > > > > control corrosion, might not be called for?...Pete
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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