Sym-Tech's® Electronic Corrosion Control (E.C.C.) Module

Electronic protection has been used for years on bridges, ships, pipelines, etc., to help protect these expensive structures from costly corrosion damage.

Now, electronic protection is available for automotive vehicles. Electronic modules are installed in vehicles to supply electronic charges throughout the metal body to help protect against corrosion.

Benefits

  • Replaces chemical-type rust proofing
  • A clean & efficient way to protect your investment
  • Lab & field tested
  • Low battery shut off
  • Does not interfere with computer or electrical systems
  • Transferable from one vehicle to the next
  • Suitable for new, pre-owned and leased vehicles
  • Lifetime Warranty
  • No re-application or touch-ups required
  • Environmentally friendly

HOW IT WORKS – Scientifically Tested!

The E.C.C. module is based on the principle that corrosion is an electrochemical reaction, oxidization, which can be controlled electronically. The rusting process begins with the loss of negative electrons that permit iron and oxygen to combine to form rust. The faster iron combines with oxygen, the faster the metal deteriorates. The metal body of a vehicle has a more positive electrical charge at the area where rust is occurring because electrons are robbed.

The electronic corrosion control process introduces a negative surface charge to the metal body which polarizes the microscopic layers of electrical charges that occur along a corroding metal surface. In essence the E.C.C. module makes it very difficult for the opposite charges of iron and oxygen to connect. Since they are hindered by polarized layers of charges, the negative surface charge - and its corresponding polarized charge layers - reduces the rate of which the iron and oxygen combine, slowing down the corrosion process. In other words, the Electronic Corrosion Control module makes it very difficult for iron and oxygen to combine to form rust.

THE TECHNOLOGY

Sym-Tech's Electronic Corrosion Control (E.C.C.) module is built with state-of-the-art microcomputer technology that allows the module to be digitally controlled. The module works by starting with a high precision signal generator. The tuned energy is applied to the coupling pad which is digitally monitored on a continuous loop. The energy is drawn from the battery, less than 30 mA, and passed with high efficiency from the coupling pad to the vehicles body.

This technology, unlike a lot of other electronic rust protection units in the market, is not based on cathodic or impressed currents. Cathodic and impressed current technologies do not work on vehicles unless they are submerged in water or buried underground.

Sym-Tech's E.C.C. module is the only product in the market that has a self-diagnostic system built in! The unit can monitor leakage relative to the couple pad. Faulty signals or shorts are monitored and reported by the system; the system will automatically shut down until the fault is rectified.

This is why Sym-Tech's E.C.C. module has been so successful in controlling corrosion in some of Canada's harshest climates. Currently, over 50,000 units are being used in Ontario alone.