Car Rust Neg vs. Pos Chassis
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From: steve robinson on 7 Apr 2010 16:39 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > 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. :( Yes they do
From: Artemus on 7 Apr 2010 17:03 "George Jefferson" <George(a)Jefferson.com> wrote in message news:hphesb$vvm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > 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. > The static charge is caused by you sliding in/out over the seat not the motion of the car thru the air or over the road. 2 fixes: hold on to some metal part of the car before sliding on the seat; and spray the seat (lightly) with an anti-static fabric softener sold for laundry use. Art
From: Michael A. Terrell on 7 Apr 2010 17:24 steve robinson wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > > > > 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. :( > > Yes they do Really? WHEN did congress ever 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 19:32 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > steve robinson wrote: >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> >>> 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. :( >> Yes they do > > > > Really? WHEN did congress ever invoke the SANITY CLAUSE? > > ....maybe right after they though t of repealing the law of gravity (that laet part is true).
From: Michael A. Terrell on 7 Apr 2010 20:54
Robert Baer wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > > > Really? WHEN did congress ever invoke the SANITY CLAUSE? > > > ...maybe right after they though t of repealing the law of gravity (that > laet part is true). They just didn't understand the gravity of the situation... -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!' |