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My little 4x8 "winter" trailer's wiring has disintegrated AGAIN from corrosion. When I went to get it out last week, literally every splice had fallen apart, no sign of copper. This time around I'm...
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There might be more going on than you know...is my guess
Copper is a good corrosion resistance material...Copper corrodes at negligible rates in unpolluted air, water, and deaerated nonoxidizing acids.
But it does absorb acid to rot itself...why most places has that comment 'unpolluted aire, water...etc'...SMOG is acidic and when mixed with H2O, creates an acidic condition
Then a possible galvanic condition with 'that' vehicle. GM found out the hard way with the then new OATs coolant and one of the new ways to check coolant condition was to use a digital multi meter to measure voltage in the coolant (galvanic action....AKA a battery)
Your profile says you live in Rochester NY (loved going there for business meeting with the East Bay guys and West Bay guys and staying at the Woodcliff Lodge) Rats...just checked...the old buildings have been replaced...
Anyway, back on your topic...there are tons of folks in New York who have similar trailer connectors. Many have Scotchlok and have not reported the level of corrosion you report...flaky connections yes, but not corrosion of this level
Am assuming your corrosion issue is at the trailer side of the connectors, right?
If so, suggest checking the trailer wiring and making sure the grounding is solid...and/or rewire in a new heavy gauge grounding system
Good luck
Copper is a good corrosion resistance material...Copper corrodes at negligible rates in unpolluted air, water, and deaerated nonoxidizing acids.
But it does absorb acid to rot itself...why most places has that comment 'unpolluted aire, water...etc'...SMOG is acidic and when mixed with H2O, creates an acidic condition
Then a possible galvanic condition with 'that' vehicle. GM found out the hard way with the then new OATs coolant and one of the new ways to check coolant condition was to use a digital multi meter to measure voltage in the coolant (galvanic action....AKA a battery)
Your profile says you live in Rochester NY (loved going there for business meeting with the East Bay guys and West Bay guys and staying at the Woodcliff Lodge) Rats...just checked...the old buildings have been replaced...
Anyway, back on your topic...there are tons of folks in New York who have similar trailer connectors. Many have Scotchlok and have not reported the level of corrosion you report...flaky connections yes, but not corrosion of this level
Am assuming your corrosion issue is at the trailer side of the connectors, right?
If so, suggest checking the trailer wiring and making sure the grounding is solid...and/or rewire in a new heavy gauge grounding system
Good luck
