Has anyone used Electric car rust protection?

I read its a con, but I'd like to believe it works..

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bjw said..
Has anyone used Electric car rust protection?

I read its a con, but I'd like to believe it works..

It's used in marine and wet environments to great effect. The kind the car salesman tries to sell you at purchase time is snake oil.

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Subsonic said..

bjw said..
Has anyone used Electric car rust protection?

I read its a con, but I'd like to believe it works..

It's used in marine and wet environments to great effect. The kind the car salesman tries to sell you at purchase time is snake oil.

You can get a system that works. You just need to leave your car immersed in salt water to make the circuit effective.

Poodle is right. As long as you apply the right amount of voltage and current, and everything is connected together electrically and is kept fully submerged in an electrolytic solution (the ocean for example), it will work okay.

Great for boat hulls, maybe not so great for your car, unless you own James Bond's Lotus Esprit.

Thanks guys. That kind of what my googling was suggesting as well.

tried it on my balls....gawd dang it hurt

I bought a electric rust protection kit last year, never got round to installing it.
Just went out to the shed to get it to install, but the kit itself is all rusty,
so, no, it doesn't work.

I agree with Subsonic, Poodle and Harrow, however the concentration and type of electrolyte is the big question.

Either way, full immersion or permanently wet surface to panels is required for it to be effective as far I as know.

Clarence

One of our FIFO friends used to stash her car in my shed when she was away pretending to work real hard, in less than 2 weeks the electrons in the wheat silo type battery were knackered.

disconnect the rust preventer thingo and even with the original elcheapo ancient battery the electrons were happy enough to start 'er up at first go - even after two weeks of taking up valuable shed-space.