stainless vs. aluminum ferrules

Does anyone have experience usung aluminum ferrules to crimp/swag stainless cable? Do you actually get galvanic reaction? How long does it take until that is a problem?

Any help?

Hasn't anyone shortened lines? What have you used? Any problem with galvanic reactions? Do you do it yourself or who does it? I see aluminum ferrules everywhere but can't find any stainless -- where can I get some fast? (Going sailing in a week and still need to shorten my trap lines.)

Check out annapolis performance sailing (aps-ltd.com). I'm pretty sure I've gotten stainless ferrules from them.

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Couldn't see any there! Has anyone used aluminum and had any problem?

http://www.apsltd.com/Tree/d270000/e269202.asp


If the address doesn't work, go to:
Hardware>Wire and Wire Fittings>Thimbles, Nico, and Swage Fittings

I've used aluminum on stainless wire before. It will hold, but you will probably get some corrosion evenutally.

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Thanks for the reply about using aluminum and it working. I'm going to use aluminum unless I come across some stainless sleeves in the next day or two. At that site I only saw zinc plated copper sleeves, they are not supposed to corrode as fast as aluminum but they are still not stainless; does that matter? I don't know. Thanks.