T&T: Adding Copper Tube to Seawater Strainer Basket

[Chuck and Susan]

Tim, The copper tubing in and of itself is not going to solve your problem and
you will simply add another potential issue so I would recommend against it.
There are no maintenance free systems for the AC so you just need to add it to
your regular maintenance list. Chuck

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--- On Tue, 3/31/09, tbehan6468 at aol.com <tbehan6468 at aol.com> wrote:

 

Hi everyone - I have?a question for the group.?I'm thinking of adding a small
piece of copper tubing to the?seawater strainer basket?that's attached to my
air conditioning unit. The idea is that since copper is?the active ingredient
in bottom paint, that this might help to keep all the little creepy crawlies
out of the system. The strainer basket is stainless steel.?Does that mean I
could have an electrolysis problem ? The boat is in salt water in Florida.

Has anyone tried this and - if so - do you think it actually worked ?

Thank You,

Tim Behan