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Thread Index Re: [isp-wireless] Towers in salt-water environments - painting with gel coat?
Or you could simply pick up zinc anodes at any marine store and attach them. to the tower. It would be much cheaper than the DC system. Just make sure you replace them every year as they wear down. on 1/28/05 22:49, Gary Garrett at ggarrett@... wrote: > No it is called Cathodic Protection. Do a Google search on this term. > Basically you put a DC current into the steel to give it extra electrons > to give up instead of coming from the metal. > > richard.sterne wrote: > >> i think the DC system you refered to is called a passive anode >> hope that helps you >> >> richard >> >> >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We've got several towers that are in salt-water environments (Caribbean >>> coastal and island installations). Predictably, we've not gotten a long >>> life out of steel pipe towers, even when galvanized pipe and anticorrosive >>> paint is used. >>> >>> We are considering using marine gelcoat epoxy resins, tinted red and >>> white, as an alternative to anticorrosive pain. >>> >>> Has anyone else tried this technique, and if so, what results did you >>> have? Is the extra expense worthwhile? >>> >>> I've also heard, but have had no luck finding, DC electric systems that >>> turn the tower into a giant anode to resist the oxidation of the metal. >>> Pardon me if I've gotten my electrochemical terms mixed up here. >>> >>> -Andrew >>> Utila, Honduras >>> >>> >>> ** ISPCON Spring 2005 - Baltimore Convention Center ** >>> ** The ISP and WISP event - http://www.ispcon.com ** >>> ** Exhibit Hall Pass FREE until Feb 11 * Sign up today, >>> use customer code ISP-WIR** >>> >>> To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: >>> Jupitermedia Corp. >>> Attn: Discussion List Management >>> 475 Park Avenue South >>> New York, NY 10016 >>> >>> Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. >>> >>> Copyright 2005 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>> Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ** ISPCON Spring 2005 - Baltimore Convention Center ** > ** The ISP and WISP event - http://www.ispcon.com ** > ** Exhibit Hall Pass FREE until Feb 11 * Sign up today, > use customer code ISP-WIR** > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > Copyright 2005 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved. ** ISPCON Spring 2005 - Baltimore Convention Center ** ** The ISP and WISP event - http://www.ispcon.com ** ** Exhibit Hall Pass FREE until Feb 11 * Sign up today, use customer code ISP-WIR** To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. Copyright 2005 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved.
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