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Good point but unfortunately the only wire of sufficient conductor area
(16+mm^2) I have been able to find that goes anywhere need the batteries is just untinned copper. In this case I have used welding cable because it has better insulation than other stuff I have found. I have also sealed the ends well. If the stuff I am talking about here (1-2 mm^2 from the dis panel) is getting battery fumes I am in real trouble! Bruce in Alaska wrote: In article , chuck wrote: We know that tin oxidizes more slowly than copper, and that the copper oxides that form when copper corrodes are non-conductive. Beyond that, all I can find are anecdotal and largely unscientific reports, and the "tinned copper reduces corrosion" mantra. Good luck Chuck also be advised that Copper wire in the presents of Battery Acid fumes corrodes extremely quickly into copper sulfate, (Blue Powder) and that doesn't conduct electricity very well at all. The tin plating provides a good protection from this type of corrosion, the same as it does for Salt Water vapors. Bruce in alaska also a retired chemist, from way, way back...... |
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