CONNECTOR FOR USE IN CATHODIC PROTECTION AND METHOD OF USE.

摘要

AN ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN THE CATHODIC PROTECTION OF STEEL REINFORCEMENT INREINFORCED CONCRETE SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISES:(I) AN ANODE OF A METAL HAVING A MORE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE POTENTIAL THAN STEEL AND, IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT THEREWITH, (II) AN ELONGATE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR E.G. A WIRE MADE OF A DUCTILE METAL CAPABLE OF BEING WOUND AROUND THE STEEL REINFORCING ELEMENT TO BEPROTECTED. THE ANODE MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A BLOCK CAST AROUND A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE ELONGATE CONNECTOR AND PREFERABLY THE ELONGATE CONNECTOR COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF WIRES TWISTED TOGETHER OVER A PORTION OF THEIR LENGTH WITH THE ANODE CAST AROUND THE TWISTED PORTION. (FIG. 1)