anodes - replaceable while afloat.

[sarabande]

Another idea, from todays veterinary activity.

Lots and lots of posts about replacing anodes, especially while afloat.


So.... why not install an anode in a device like a speed sensor, so that you can withdraw it from time to time, check, and if necessary, replace it.

You might have to 'carry' the sacrificial bit inside a plastic tube to enable motility, but for anodes near the stern which are corroding fast (see PBO passim) replaceable anodes might be a useful idea.




This is a public service announcement. No patents are intended....

 

[VicS]

Another idea, from todays veterinary activity.

Lots and lots of posts about replacing anodes, especially while afloat.


So.... why not install an anode in a device like a speed sensor, so that you can withdraw it from time to time, check, and if necessary, replace it.

You might have to 'carry' the sacrificial bit inside a plastic tube to enable motility, but for anodes near the stern which are corroding fast (see PBO passim) replaceable anodes might be a useful idea.




This is a public service announcement. No patents are intended....

Dont they do something like this on racing boats so that the anodes can be withdrwn , at leat flush with the hull, while racing ?

 

[sarabande]

thank you for the search prompt, Vic.

Using "retractable anode" as the term, this site appears.

http://www.bruntons-propellers.com/IonGuard/IonGuard_images/IonGuard_brochure.pdf



Another money-making idea bites the dust !

 

[joha]

Actually discussed this the morningf with my divers and reckon we can do it, but bear in mind that it will be surface supplied not amateurs.

j

 

[saltylegs]

They are available as I have seen them on here before.
I am going to have to go googling now to find the link again.

found it.

http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2010dec00060.html

dooh to slow again