So.. why not Copper?   Available, cheap, sorta bendable, fittings
available. easy to cut to length.

Inquiring minds.....

On 28-Jun-06, at 9:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

>
> Date:    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:29:41 -0700
> From:    Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
> Subject: Re: Coolant pipes replacement
>
> Actually silver is a better heat conductor than gold, but suffers
> from oxidation problems :)
>
> I do want some silver core pots and pans, or straight silver to make
> caramel.
>
> But settling for copper and stainless. Which begs the question why
> not copper pipes running up front? Corrosion wouldn't be too bad
> inside and if thick walled enough the outside should last just as
> long as the nice old gutters on buildings (unless one runs the van
> through H2SO4 habitually). Of course we isolate stray electric
> currents with silicon or rubber tubing at each end.
>
> Alistair
>