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Both of these are kind of funny, since
zinc plated sleeves have been used in the marine industry for at
least the last 40 years, and they hold up pretty (read: very) well
in a salt water environment, up to the strength of stainless 7x19
cable.
Guy Buchanan
Ramona, CA
Kitfox IV-1200 / 912-S / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded
Now a glider pilot, too.
On 7/20/2014 5:26 AM, John Cooper wrote:
or zinc-plated sleeves are used on galvanized carbon steel cable.
Tin-plated sleeves (or as noted previously, stainless
steel sleeves) are used on stainless cable. There are no
exceptions.
and...
Zinc-plated sleeves on stainless
cable has been an obsolete recommendation for
more than 40 years.
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