A while back someone had written in about an electronic rust control device. I have been following up on it since and only recently had my email been forwarded from australia back to pennsylvania and was contact via phone last week. I have a limited understanding but this is what I picked up in our phone conversation: It seems this device is claimed (via lab tests) to slow rust down by 70% or more. The longer you use it the better the results. The whole science side of this thing was explained to me and was discovered and patented around 1986-87 if I remember correctly. It is similar to other electronic rust control devices used for underground piping (or something like that) that has been around for many years. The going price is $300. This device mounts anywhere and hooks up to your battery and then to your frame/body. That's it. It sucks up about as much juice as a auto clock I am told. A very, very low current is run through the body and some type of ion build up takes place between the primer and the body. That about as much as I understand. If any of you folks out there know more about electrostatic electricity...and can ask more intelligent questions than me, feel free to contact them and get more info. I am suppose to be getting info via mail. Will let you know what I find out. Otherwise, if this thing works, it sure would be nice to slow rust down to a snails pace. Contact info: Dan & George Kawatch 1-800-603-8451 george.kowatch@gte.net http://www.counteract.com.au/ (this is their australian distributor) I talked with George. Perhaps we can get group discounts. -- Lee Roesner Paradigm Graphic Design & Web Development 710-B Landwehr Road Northbrook, IL 60062 Phone 847-509-8704 Fax 847-480-5701 Portfolio: http://www.roesner.net Email: mailto:paradigm@mc.net |
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