Electronic Rust Protection

Save your money I put one in a Commodore It still rusted and it WAS fitted correctly.

Modern cars have protection when they are painted and scraping off the protection to fit the sensors against bare metal is a backward step IMHO

I believe that rust occurs with a movement of electrons on the surface of metal and the electronic rust protection system is supposed to put a small reverse charge of electricity through the car. (how you can reverse a DC charge and make it different is weird thinking)

In my humble opinion I don't think rust will care which way the electrons = electricity is flowing it will just rust in that direction. In fact by putting a charge through the metal of your car you would be enhancing the flow of electrons and increasing the rusting process.

I would steer clear of this system.

Serendipity

The only way an 'electronic' vehicle rust protection system can work is to have numerous reference cells installed all over the car to measure current flow. If the flow on one of the cells is found to be excessive, then a counter current is deployed to 'neutralise' the flow. This system is commonly used in steel reinforced concrete buidings and uses a sophisticated computer monitoring system to control it. (the Sydey Opera House has this type of Cathodic Protection installed)
As you can see, it's not practical to install such a system on a car. Unfortunately the 'electronic' rust protection for vehicles is all smoke and mirrors.

To answer the original question.

Not hard to fit. Mount unit. Connect to power. Stick on electrodes and wire together.

Duncan

If you have fitted driving lights and duel battery electronic rust protection system will be a breeze, hardest thing is finding a place to mount the electrodes

I have a unit in my old 75 (ex miner) to slow down the rust and I would say it's working.




Cheers

We had it on our cruiser when we did our trip around oz. We did a lot of beach driving and spent a lot of time near the ocean. When we sold it there was no sign of rust anywhere. When we put it on there was a scratch near the rear which had surface rust on it (I thought it would be a good test. When we sold the car it was no worse after 4 years, so appeared to restrict it. Would I put it on again, absolutely.

Josh

Hi Duncan, as said below if you can fit lights and batteries this should be no problem for you. As stated getting access to inside panels can be the tricky bit.
I have one fitted on my HDJ78RV troopy for 12 months now.The car was in good nick and regularly polished,it now shines even more! The alloy bullbar looks brand new and the few stone chips it had that had surface rust showing are now not rusty at all, they just look like clean metal. I would fit it again to my next vehicle without hesitation.

cheers

jay

It is easy to install. If you have an HF radio, then be careful not to run the rust protection cables alongside the HF antenna coaxial cable.
My Couplertec causes HF interference when I am in a quiet electromagnetic environment such as the outback. I usually disconnect it when I call in to VKS737 or make an HF phone call.
You will not notice this interference in an urban environment because of the high level of man-made electromagnetic background interference.

I have one in my Patrol and it didn't stop rust but I would say that is has slowed down rust. I do many beach trip and I have minumal rust comparing to mates cars that don't have the system.