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Zinc or Anodized

What would be better to use to connect copper electrical buss, zinc or anodized bolts. What is the differences and benefits on either for electrical connections.

Carmine Petrone
- Pleasanton, California
2001

The answer depends on what you are doing with the bus bar. If it is on a plating tank use stainless steel anything else is just not up to the job.

Martin Trigg-Hogarth
surface treatment shop - Stroud, Glos, England
2001

Agreed. In fact if it's anywhere in a plating shop at all, neither zinc plated nor aluminum should be considered. Hardware is available fabricated of certain copper alloys that carry current better than stainless and which are corrosion resistant, but if the bolts don't need to carry current, stainless steel is always your best best.

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