Don’t you love it when self-appointed freelancing experts “step outside their comfort zone” to write about new and exciting topics? Doesn’t it send a shiver up your spine when one of them says something absolutely ridiculous in the desperate search for pennies? If you answer “Yes” to both of those questions, meet Tammy Poague, one of the expert crap-spinners from HubPages. Today’s example of astuteness comes from an article she spun entitled “Help! My Plumbing is Leaking and I Don't know why!” After you read through it, you’ll be pretty sure Tammy still doesn’t know.
In her zeal to educate her readers about corroded pipe, Tammy waxed eloquent about "electrolysis," including this bit of misinformation:
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If you have purchased an older home or a home that have [sic] different types of piping, chances are the root of your problem is a ground wire to your metal pipes. This was a common practice--to ground the electrical to the plumbing-- in the event that if lightening [sic] struck you [sic] house, it wouldn't fry your electrical circuits. What most people do not realize is this causes electrolysis, which deteriorates your plumbing.
Electrolysis is the passage of a direct electrical current through an ionic substance. This can be either a liquid or dissolved in a suitable solvent. An example of this is when a battery corrodes. The electrodes are moving between two different metals.
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Besides the fact that Tammy didn’t know how to spell “lightning,” she also went completely wacko on this electrolysis thing – perhaps because she thought it's a hair-removal technique. Come to think of it, isn't "lightening" a beauty technique, too? Hmmm... She wanted to blame electrolysis for corroded pipes, but grounding the electrical system to the pipes doesn’t cause them to carry a current – hence no electrolysis. What she was really talking around is galvanic corrosion, which occurs where two different metals come into contact with each other. Here’s someone who, unlike Tammy, knows what he’s talking about.
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| Did you also notice that Tammy didn’t know jack about electricity? Sure you did, when she said that “The electrodes are moving between two different metals.” Dumbass: it’s electrons that move, not electrodes! So, for her multiple contributions, including this one, to the stupidification of the Internet; we hereby award our coveted Dumbass of the Day award to Tammy Poague. Wear it well! |
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