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by Garfield101
Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:16 pm
Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
Topic: anode test
Replies: 12
Views: 9666

Re: anode test

Thanks welder, They definitely don't know what they are doing! The water is just hot here, I'm a few degrees form the equator, and still, no water movement but hard to say if there is stray current... So I have seen pitting, and could recognize it. Usually paint won't even cover it up if it is bad. ...
by Garfield101
Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:06 pm
Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
Topic: anode test
Replies: 12
Views: 9666

Re: anode test

What am I looking for, could I see it on SCUBA?
by Garfield101
Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:40 pm
Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
Topic: anode test
Replies: 12
Views: 9666

Re: anode test

Also if I snuck over and hung a pice of zinc on a wire off the rails or a cleat would that help?
by Garfield101
Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
Topic: anode test
Replies: 12
Views: 9666

anode test

Can anyone tell me about anode tests? With a multi meter and a silver half cell it reads 0.7/0.6v dc. I'm pretty sure that means the anodes are gone? How bad is that? This an Aluminum Catamaran, 40 feet, salt water, tropics, 25 years old, last painted May 2017, last anode replacement Apr, 2016 (alle...