[TheForge] Diesel fuel tank qry (Was: Re: fire steels)

[Jerry Frost]

I can't tell you the whats or whys of them. Perhaps 
they're like zincs? No, that'd be worse.

It's been a good 10 years since I put them in but 
distinctly recall being directed to and selecting them 
from the dielectric section and their being a redder 
metal than the normal brass fittings. The ones water 
side of the boiler are indeed insulated unions but the 
part that attaches to the iron pipe is the same redder 
than brass color.

Next time I'm in the plumbing shop I'll ask.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>


>A dielectric is by definition an insulator, so I am 
>not clear on how bronze may serve this role.
>
> If you tried to use a "bronze" dielectric in the 
> manufacture of, say, a capacitor, the results would 
> be most interesting.  I therefore remain 
> perplexicated.
>
> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:

>> Jerrry: I'm confused, again.
>> I'd assumed that a dielectric element in a mixed 
>> metal assembly would be non-conducting, like 
>> plastic, ceramic,mica and so on...that wouldn't pass 
>> on current.
>> If you use copper, wouldn't that accelerate the 
>> corrosion on the iron?
>> What do i have wrong here?...pete f
>>
>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>> Uh. Yes, bronze dielectrics. Are they made from 
>>> something else? Look like bronze but you know how 
>>> copper alloys can fool ya. There's one in every 
>>> connection between copper and iron in the house 
>>> plumbing too.
>>>
>>> Frosty
>
> -Andy V.
>
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