They call it cathodic protection. They put negative on the pipe and + on the sacrificial anode.

-----Original Message----- From: Robert
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 1:25 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DC/DC converter question

What Polarity do they apply to pipelines to get iron to stick to them
instead of eroding away?

On 4/8/19 12:08 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
I still have a hard time grasping the -/+ thing, im half moron and 50 percent idiot though. But am I correct that -v keeps devices from corroding as much?

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 1:53 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    +1.

    Just had a discussion with someone talking 12V power in RVs, and he
    insisted that red was negative and black was "hot". I walked away from
    the discussion before we resorted to fisticuffs.


    bp
    <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

    On 4/8/2019 10:35 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
     > Never trust colors.
     >
     > -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Tyler
     > Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 11:23 AM
     > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
     > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DC/DC converter question
     >
     > That was what I thought, thank you all for confirming.
     > However, with it connected red+/black-, when our tech flipped the
     > breaker it blew out the DC/DC converter. In fantastic order, I
    was told.
     > So I'm going to have them put a voltmeter to the wires and see
    what we
> are getting from the power supply, maybe the output wiring is wrong.
     >

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