Aluminum will corrode 100% of the time when connected to copper. And in the water cooling world, you won't have an "electrolytic short" through the liquid. The driving voltage is too low for that...
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Aluminum will corrode 100% of the time when connected to copper. And in the water cooling world, you won't have an "electrolytic short" through the liquid. The driving voltage is too low for that...
Just insulate the Aluminum parts from everything else. Check continuity with a multi meter before you fill the loop. Use rubber washers to help isolate. Galvanic cell between the Al and anything will...
As a matter of fact it CAN, just not in the watercooling world. This commonly happens with impressed current cathodic protection systems, which use a much higher voltage and current.
Grounding everything is the WORST thing you can do to stop galvanic corrosion. CrazyNutz is 100% correct. And yes....moving a metal 1mm away from another metal counts as electrically isolated in the...
It does...but it is not the electronic path needed for the corrosion cell. The water is the electrolyte part of the cell. Remove any of the 4 parts required for a corrosion cell to happen, and...
Never held a .999 silver coin? It isnt soft.
If it works...it works. In the end that's all that matters.
Ohhh ok. I think I see now. The tin is meant to protect the plug itself, not the other components (Blocks, rad, etc.......?
I know that a galvanic corrosion cell consists of 4 parts, the anode,...
Another reason not to go with Mg is that is has a high self consumption rate, along with the high voltage potential you mentioned.
Also, just a few questions as I probably didn't read through...
