Electrictronic rust preventer

Red Dog · Post by **Red Dog** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:11 am

Has any body here had any experience with,or got any info on these electric rust preventers.I have one from a Toyota I brought new a few years ago,guess I got sucked in by the sales pitch

.For those not familiar its a small box with permanent power supply and a piece of metal screwed to the body somewhere that is designed to corrode away instead of your panels rusting.Gimmick or not,what are your thoughts?

ipg · Post by **ipg** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:57 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificial_anode

ipg · Post by **ipg** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:57 am

they do work
used in industry all the time

Red Dog · Post by **Red Dog** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:29 am

Thanks for the link ipg,I guess the next question is would it stop the process once it has already started

ipg · Post by **ipg** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:33 am

it will definately slow the rust from spreading on your panels as the oxidation will continue on the sacrificial anode