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Silver or Tin plated bus bars and rain water
What is the effect of rain water on silver or tin plated Cu bus?
Sam Shahhin
engineer - Irvine, California, USA
January 2, 2011
Very mild erosion. Possibly shorting out of the buss.
If the rain is acid rain or otherwise contaminated, you will see a removal of the plate and / or discoloring.
James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
January 3, 2011
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