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RustStop® RS-5 (formerly Rust Stop RS2000 and RS-4) electronic rust protection is a precision electronic device which incorporates concepts that have been in daily use giving rust protection to ocean going vessels, underground pipelines, offshore oil rigs, bridges and other large capital investments for over forty years.

Thanks to modern technology, we have developed a cathodic protection system that overcomes the limitations of "classical cathodic protection" making RustStop® RS-5 electronic rust protection very effective on motor vehicles in atmospheric (open air) conditions!

Cathodic protection, used in its classical form, is not used in atmospheric conditions because it relies upon water (an electrolyte) to surround the protective anode and the entire metal being protected. The water then bridges the gap between the protective anode and metal being protected enabling the required current to flow between the two and interfere with the rusting process.

This means "classical cathodic protection" would only be effective on a vehicle if it was completely submerged in water.

RustStop® RS-5 electronic rust protection uses an adapted version of cathodic protection enabling rust protection in atmospheric conditions. This technology makes use of a clever combination of both Sacrificial Anode and Impressed Current technologies. Instead of relying on the water to entirely surround the protective anodes and vehicle, RustStop® impresses a current into the vehicle forcing the electrons to flow though the metal and towards strategically placed positively charged RustStop® protective anodes. We call these protective anodes "Rust Magnets™". The RustStop® Rust Magnets™ corrode (sacrificial anodes) and the corrosion process is interfered with.

RustStop® has enhanced this technology for vehicles in a number of ways, a few are:

• The "smart" RustStop® Rust Magnets™ (sacrificial anodes) have the special ability to sense the amount of rust protection your vehicle needs. The RustStop® System then adjusts automatically.

• The RustStop® Command Module outputs a stepped up charge of 45 Volts onto the Rust Magnets™. This high voltage causes a greater attraction of electrons resulting in greater rust protection. (Most units on the market output only 12 volts.)

• Unlike other systems out there, RustStop® RS-5 electronic rust protection gives each individual customer Visual Proof that it's working. The RustStop® RS-5 Rust Magnets™ were specifically designed to attract free electrons that would otherwise be eating away at your vehicle. When these free electrons arrive at the Rust Magnets™, the Rust Magnets™ corrode. This means that the corrosion that forms on the Rust Magnets™ would have been corrosion forming somewhere else on your vehicle, giving you visual proof that the system is working.

   

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