Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·edit-21 day agoAn example from my field of expertise: Mixing different kinds of metals in wet environments causes the less noble one to corrode.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 hours agoYeah. The worst part is that a lot of engineers and technicians don’t fully understand galvanic corrosion when specifying how to attach two different metals together.
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 day agoThe phrase “sacrificial anode” comes to mind
minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoThat reminds me, I need to get a new one for my hot water tank. I’ve lived here 6 years, you’re supposed to change them around 5.
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoIt can be the difference between a water heater lasting 7 years and lasting 30.
An example from my field of expertise: Mixing different kinds of metals in wet environments causes the less noble one to corrode.
Yeah. The worst part is that a lot of engineers and technicians don’t fully understand galvanic corrosion when specifying how to attach two different metals together.
The phrase “sacrificial anode” comes to mind
That reminds me, I need to get a new one for my hot water tank. I’ve lived here 6 years, you’re supposed to change them around 5.
It can be the difference between a water heater lasting 7 years and lasting 30.