Re: Electrolosis Question
When the hairs start falling off your upper lip? :grin:
Your zincs are the easy way. If your zincs are properly bonded to the hull/hardware (rudders/shafts/outdrives) they will "go away" before anything else drastic happens (I say drastic because Alum Outdrives will get cosmetic corrosion even with zincs on where the paint is not covering them, like at the mating surfaces of the parts).
Know what your zincs look like new and then inspect them often. If they are going away fast then either you don't have enough or something else is wrong. Zincs should be let go past 50%.
Trailer boats don't have to worry about any of this much. Boats sipped up all the time have to be very concerned.
By the way- it's galvanic corrosion in most cases, not electrolysis that you need to worry about. Two dissimilar metals in an electrolytic solution= galvanic corrosion.
Electolysis actually implies voltage potentials applied. This can happen and is very bad, but it is rare. Results are the same but very accelerated with potentials present.
PS- this is the laymans version and the standard disclaimer applies!
[ 12-04-2003, 04:14 PM: Message edited by: Miss B Haven ]
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