Electronic Corrosion Control

[old farmer]

Hi Folks: I've been noticing that a car dealer and a parts chain (Canadian Tire) are selling this type of product. Canadian Tire carries Counter Act.
I have never seen this before and don't know anyone who has it.
Is there anyone here who has it or knows someone who does?
Does it work like they claim to keep rust away, and are they happy with it? Would you buy it again for another vehicle and was it difficult to install?
Thanks!

 

[dwendt44]

The system, or similar ones, have been around for years.
Idea came from the zinc anodes on outboards and stern drives in/on boats.
Autos don't sit in water, so I doubt it does much.
Most autos and trucks today have pretty good anti rust treatments, and won't show much rust for many years. Most will be traded once or twice before corrosion is an issue.

 

[alreadygone]

Have you tried doing a Google search for "counter act" to see what comes up?

Bob

 

[JohnBrowning]

FTC sued a company years ago selling a simalar product. J.C. Whitney has sold a simalar product for at least 10 years now. I have never met anyone that had one but have never heard anything good about them online.

 

[caprice_2nv]

The Ford dealer I used to work at sold them for a while until now, since they recently had customers coming in with vehicles around 5 years old that had the Rust Control Module but no undercoating and they were completely rusted out underneath. The person whos been selling them and thought the company backed the product, phoned them and found out oh wait, they really don't back the product at all.

 

[Quickbeam]

I'm not saying anyone should use this thing either but water heaters don't sit in water and every one of them has a sacrificial anode

 

[chrome]

Water heaters have water INSIDE them, and that is where the magnesium sacrificial anode is also located. The water, steel tank and magnsium anode forms a loop where electrons can flow. The magnesium gets depleted instead of the steel tank, as magnesium is more active in the galvanic series.

 

[Quickbeam]

My bad. I though the product in question was one of those anodes that hangs from the radiator cap. Now that I actually look at it I see it's not. Looks like a scam alright but I know electricity is often used in bridge and rebar concrete construction to prevent corrosion.

 

[sifan]

I bought such a product about 20 years ago from J.C. Whitney, and installed it on my 1979 Toyota Corolla while I was in the grad school. As part of the installation, I had to sand two spots in the engine bay to bare metal, applied rust-inhibit chemical over the metal surface, and glued two carbon blocks over them. I do not think the device actually worked because one of the carbon blocks fell off exposing the rusted metal surface beneath it after a while.

 

[eljefino]

I knew a guy who had one on his subaru about 8 years ago. Car still rotted out. Light blinked all pretty though to tell you it was working.

Wonder how many of these things were new car dealer addons, like the lousy immobilizer kill switch junky things.

 

[obbop]

"immobilizer kill switch junky things"

I'd like one of those if it has purdy lights.