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| hiwaycallin (Hiwaycallin)
Registered Member Username: Hiwaycallin Post Number: 22 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 208.98.218.205  Rating: N/A |
Has anyone tried this? http://www.counteractrust.com/ Sounds too good to be true, but seems like it might be good if it works. | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 330 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 74.33.36.66 Rating: N/A |
hiwaycallin, the cathodic system has been used for pipeline protection for years and it works they use on boats so it work on buses I guess (Message edited by luvrbus on April 03, 2008) | ||
| Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
Registered Member Username: Kristinsgrandpa Post Number: 373 Registered: 2-2003 Posted From: 64.24.209.83 Rating: N/A |
Like Luvrbus says. I spent one whole summer installing cathodic protection on underground piping systems at a local nuclear facility. U.S. Navy vessels also use it. I also had it on a '97 Mustang Cobra. I had the car 10 yeas and couldn't find a speck of rust on it when I sold it so I guess it worked on it also. Ed | ||
| hiwaycallin (Hiwaycallin)
Registered Member Username: Hiwaycallin Post Number: 24 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 208.98.218.205 Rating: N/A |
Hmmmm, I wonder why all vehicles don't come with this as standard equipment ... it's not that expensive. Maybe it's because vehicle manufacturers want their vehicles to rust out so the consumer can buy a new one every 5 or ten years? I'm looking to buy an older model coach from the '60's that is likely to have at least some rust. This might be a good way of preserving what's not already rusted. Thanks for the input. | ||
| Tony Gojenola (Akbusnut)
Registered Member Username: Akbusnut Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 208.98.151.220 Rating: N/A |
If I remember my physics correctly, the problems addressed by this form of protection involve the generation of static electricity between a moving body and the surrounding area and the passage of that static electric from the moving body, with corrosion induced in the process. On a boat - lots of it - metal to water (ground) and in a pipeline the fluids passing through the pipeline generate tremendous amounts of static electricity which must pass from the structure itself to the earth (ground). On an above-ground structure such as a vehicle, the problem is considered to exist, but much less intense, since air is such a poor conductor. However, both Ford and GM attempted to address the problem when they introduced vehicles with positive ground. The results are unknown, and the programs were both ended. The products and systems trumpeted on the referenced web-site may indeed be effective, but the dramatic results achieved by ships and underground structures are not likely. For perspective on this, consider that the type of corrosion targeted by the system is caused by a process which is the direct reverse of electroplating. I have not heard of anyone discovering how to rechrome a bumper without first immersing it in a bath of chemical soup. tg | ||
| hiwaycallin (Hiwaycallin)
Registered Member Username: Hiwaycallin Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 207.81.59.1 Rating: N/A |
Hmmmm, then that brings me back to my original thought "... seems too be good to be true" (Message edited by hiwaycallin on April 06, 2008) |