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History: My camper is a 2010 Travellite 800sb which we ordered special from the factory. We drove down to the factory and picked it up. We were lucky to meet a new production manager, who was hired ...
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Dave Pete wrote:
I should mention too, I have no real experience here but I've heard stainless and aluminum will react negatively together. I think the aluminum may corrode where it is in contact with stainless screws.
....this is a very, very good question. The aluminum stock used in the framing is not pure aluminum, but an alloy, with some built in corrosion resistance. Additionally, the way the screws are bedded, I expect that salt water will not be an issue with a land-based camper only exposed very occasionally to sea coast environments (keep the 3rd component or electrolyte {eg salt water} away from the mix). And finally, if you expect an electrolyte to come into potential contact with the dissimilar metals in the field (like in salt water boating applications), always use an anti-corrosive lubricant on the stainless-steel screw threads and into the hole drilled into the aluminum alloy stock before insertion. One good product of several is tef-gel.
Cheers,
S-
