So.. why not Copper? Available, cheap, sorta bendable, fittings available. easy to cut to length. Inquiring minds.....
On 28-Jun-06, at 9:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:29:41 -0700 > From: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA> > Subject: Re: Coolant pipes replacement > > Actually silver is a better heat conductor than gold, but suffers > from oxidation problems :) > > I do want some silver core pots and pans, or straight silver to make > caramel. > > But settling for copper and stainless. Which begs the question why > not copper pipes running up front? Corrosion wouldn't be too bad > inside and if thick walled enough the outside should last just as > long as the nice old gutters on buildings (unless one runs the van > through H2SO4 habitually). Of course we isolate stray electric > currents with silicon or rubber tubing at each end. > > Alistair > |
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