A penny has been made of zinc since 82. Mark A Mad Hatter #5306
--- On Thu, 3/25/10, ChefYaz <[email protected]> wrote: From: ChefYaz <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [IC27A] Re: Corrosive cable creates precarious predicament To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 3:53 PM Aware of the metallurgy of the 1 cent piece but artistic license allowed and onomatopoeia demanded the use of “copper penny”. Besides, it still works as a sacrificial anode From: ic...@yahoogroups. com [mailto:IC27A@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Ralph Ahseln Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:40 PM To: ic...@yahoogroups. com Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: Corrosive cable creates precarious predicament Depends on the year the Cent was minted. You might be surprised to see that it's been mostly BRONZE or even BRASS... See http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Penny_(United_ States_coin) The chart on this page shows that the "Copper Penny" hasn't been Copper for a long time. UW, ralph ahseln From: The Emmerichs Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:55 PM To: ic...@yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [IC27A] Re: Corrosive cable creates precarious predicament I don’t think “copper” pennies are copper any more. They are mostly other metals, not sure what. John Emmerich 85 TR Louisville, KY From: ic...@yahoogroups. com [mailto:IC27A@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of RobAdkins Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:42 PM To: ic...@yahoogroups. com Subject: [IC27A] Re: Corrosive cable creates precarious predicament mark, i'm instantly intrigued at this ingenius intuition. how exactly does one go about attaching this sacrificial scratch of small change? there are clearly some post purchase enigmatic electrical enterprises on our boat which have resulted in some experimental efficacy. (some questionable wiring). --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "ChefYaz" <chef...@...> wrote: > > Several products will clean corrosion on copper cables, corrosion-X being > one. Question is, what caused that corrosion on said copper cables? Do you > have a ground going goofy? Are your anodes anoding at an accelerated rate? > Do you have dissimilar metals meeting and mixing current? Now don't "cop" an > attitude, but a "copper" buddy of mine (a police officer) showed me a trick > of placing a copper penny next to the copper cables on the current coffers > (battery), offering them selves as a place for the perplexing, possibly > problematic patina to perpetuate. > > Damn, that was bad but I hope it helps > > Mark, Gratis (6115) > > NOLA > > > > From: ic...@yahoogroups. com [mailto:ic...@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of > RobAdkins > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:20 PM > To: ic...@yahoogroups. com > Subject: [IC27A] Corrosive cable creates precarious predicament > > > > > > can anyone suggest a solution to swish aside the build-up of corrosion > created by copper cables? my electrical panel's terminal points are patina'd > to a possibly problematic proportion. vinegar? baking soda? please advise a > perplexed peer. panks, uh, i mean thanks. >
