John - Not much of anything metallic lasts long by the sea, especially such electrochemically unfriendly materials as iron and aluminum. However, there are commercially available aluminum pop rivets with aluminum mandrels, though I don't know how reliable or installation friendly they might be.
I don't recall the OP stating anything about an ocean view for their product. Rivets might not be wise, regardless of material activity, in such an environment. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE Product Safety Manager Homologation Services Sanmina-SCI Corp. 2000 Ringwood Ave. San Jose, CA 95131-1749 V: 408-904-2081 F: 408-904-2095 M: 408-234-3529 [email protected] > From: John Woodgate > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:12 AM > > > Peter Tarver <[email protected]> writes > > >It is not the pop rivet, per se, that conducts the fault > current, but > >the joined metal sheets. The pop rivet simply maintains intimate > >contact between two conductive materials. The same is > generally true of screws. > > After a year or so in a polluted atmosphere, the aluminium > sheets won't be in good contact any more. > > > >Rivets can be quite reliable and have been used in > electrical equipment for many moons. > > Aluminium pop-rivets have a steel pin inside, which, in a salty > atmosphere, can make them corrode rather swiftly due to > electrochemical > effects. Chromate-passivated pins used to be available, which were > better, but they've fallen under the RoHS Directive in > Europe. I don't know whether there is any replacement. > -- CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by Sanmina-SCI eShield _______ _____________________________________________________________________ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
