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Copper crimps vs stainless crimps

I am building a dock on Bogue Sound (NC) which features an anchor every 16 ft. The anchor is attached to the pier with stainless steel cable crimped with a copper crimp. What is the potential for galvanic action? I understand that stainless crimps are available but twice as expensive as copper, $4 ea. x 90.

Thomas Murphree
- Newport, North Carolina
2002

Whether we call it galvanic corrosion (due to the difference in electropotential between copper and stainless steel) or whether we call it plain old vanilla corrosion, it's hard to name a more corrosive environment. Go with the stainless 🙂
Ted Mooney, P.E.
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