T&T: Zincs Pencil

[MY ALLEZ via Trawlers-and-Trawlering]

Bruce I guess your stuck on zinc #5 ?? Lefty loosie righty tightly.
Usually replace them when 50% gone. The zincs sit
In sea Water not Coolant
They are cheap, Go a head and replace Them. Make a note
In log date changed and 25% gone. You now gave a
Bench mark for reference.
Tap on side of hex head set up some vibration. Come back to it
You should not To use a breaker
Bar to remove a pencil zinc sounds like the were gorilled in
Just snug them up if any drip put a little tweak on them
are you running in fresh water??

Bob Kovach


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[Tom Hale via Trawlers-and-Trawlering]

The wear on the zincs is not necessarily a straight time function. Anode
wear is increased with the salinity of the water and with the flow of
water. we get about 200 engine hours of use in sea water we get about 300
hours of use in the Chesapeake and we get almost indefinite use in fresh
water. In the Chesapeake I would put new anodes in December 1 and they
would sit all winter with no noticeable wear (Boat stays in the water. We
live aboard). But come spring when we get underway they start to be
consumed. A round trip to New England would be about the typical life for
our anodes, where as a full year on the Chesapeake would show about the
same wear.

To seal the threads without over tightening the nut, apply a very light
coat of Kopr-Shield conductive paste to the threads. Then tighten them
down but no need to really force it. The copper grease seals and conducts.
Tom

410.212.7898

[Rudy Sechez via Trawlers-and-Trawlering]

To seal the threads without over tightening the nut, apply a very light
coat of Kopr-Shield conductive paste to the threads. Then tighten them
down but no need to really force it. The copper grease seals and conducts.

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This is an interesting statement and one that I used to believe. However,
several years ago I put a dollop of Kopr-Shield on a non-conductive
material, stuck my multimeter's probes, not touching each other, into the
paste and checked for continuity. There was none. I only got continuity
when the probes touched each other. Got the same results with synthetic
grease, as well as silicon (dielectric) grease. So is there any truth to
the belief that Kopr-Shield does conduct?

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