Car Rust Neg vs. Pos Chassis
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From: Robert Baer on 6 Apr 2010 15:38 Robert Dorset wrote: > Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive > chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from > rust. > > Is this true? Can anyone there confirm? > > Robert Dorset This is a NO BRAINER...Aint no difference; use a _little_ sanity here...
From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Apr 2010 06:02 Robert Baer wrote: > > Robert Dorset wrote: > > Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive > > chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from > > rust. > > > > Is this true? Can anyone there confirm? > > > > Robert Dorset > This is a NO BRAINER...Aint no difference; use a _little_ sanity here... Invoke the Sanity Clause! -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: Robert Baer on 7 Apr 2010 04:02 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > Robert Baer wrote: >> Robert Dorset wrote: >>> Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive >>> chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from >>> rust. >>> >>> Is this true? Can anyone there confirm? >>> >>> Robert Dorset >> This is a NO BRAINER...Aint no difference; use a _little_ sanity here... > > > Invoke the Sanity Clause! > > Only if we can get Congress to do that!!!
From: George Jefferson on 7 Apr 2010 04:14 "Robert Dorset" <robertdorset(a)campfour.com> wrote in message news:4bb9a387.12652890(a)news.tpg.com.au... > Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive > chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from > rust. > > Is this true? Can anyone there confirm? > > Robert Dorset I don't know but every time I get out of my new car I get zapped. Never happened before. Maybe the friction driving creates static electricity and this could potentially create rust? Oxidation has to be somewhere in the equation though and static electricity much less when the humidity is high.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 7 Apr 2010 16:33
Robert Baer wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > Robert Baer wrote: > >> Robert Dorset wrote: > >>> Someone told me that cars manufactured in the UK that have a positive > >>> chassis electrical system, as opposed to negative, do not suffer from > >>> rust. > >>> > >>> Is this true? Can anyone there confirm? > >>> > >>> Robert Dorset > >> This is a NO BRAINER...Aint no difference; use a _little_ sanity here... > > > > > > Invoke the Sanity Clause! > > > > > Only if we can get Congress to do that!!! Impossible, since they are mostly insane. :( -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!' |