[Public-list] Re: Boat eating zincs

[George Dinwiddie]

It'll help the shaft, but not the engine intake through-hull.  I've seen 
those get severly eaten by stray electricity, too.

  - George

sousa, stephen (ENG) wrote:
> George,
> 
> As a suggestion, we added a shaft saver which isolated the shaft from the
> boats electrical system. Would that help with any stray voltage in this
> case?
> 
> Stephen 
> 
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> 
> An automotive charger isn't isolated from the ground wire.  If you're 
> going to use that type, you need to disconnect *BOTH* battery wires. 
> Salt water may accelerate the corrosion a little bit, but with the 
> impressed voltage of a typical automotive battery charger, you're going 
> to lose your zinc very rapidly anyway.
> 
>   - George
> 
> Fureyb1 at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>the battery charger is an automotive type -what's the difference between  
>>those & a marine batt charger? also, does salt water accelerate this zinc
> 
> 
>>corrosion?-I'm assuming so.
> 
> 

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