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T&T: Engine Zincs and Teflon Tape

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Date: Tue Feb 01 2005 - 10:53:19 EST

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    In a message dated 2/1/05 12:01:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
     writes:

    > I was recently advised by my generator manufacturer to use Teflon tape on
    > the threads when replacing the zinc in my heat exchanger. Would this not
    > electrically insulate the zinc from the metal of the heat exchanger making
    > the zinc worthless?
    >
    >

    Since you shouldn't wrap the first few threads with Teflon tape anyway, your
    still going to get good contact even if somehow the tape remained intact on
    the rest of the threads.

                                                                                  
               Capt. Bill
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