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Are you talking about oxidation or galvanic corrosion?

Copper oxide will begin immediately unless there is some protective layer. It will start on both the terminals and the connected wire but being the same metal, there will be no migration of electrons and breakdown of the metal. It is not a battery. I doubt if the copper wire and the terminal would ever fuse or fall apart, as they would were they iron. Use gold wire and terminals if you want no worries.


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  • Are you talking about oxidation or galvanic corrosion? - Norm 06:22:19 01/22/07 (0)


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