Field Notes from RCS

Mike Roberts
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The audio edition of Field Notes from RCS. Each episode takes one published Field Notes article on corrosion control and cathodic protection and walks through it the way Mike would in a classroom or a truck cab: the field moment behind it, why it says what it says, and the takeaways. About twenty minutes an episode. Written and told by Mike Roberts of Roberts Corrosion Services. The full write-ups, with the figures, are at newsletter.rcswv.com.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    Unplugged No. 1 — This One's for Levi

    Unplugged No. 1: This One's for Levi. No studio, no voice polish. Just Mike, a laptop and a microphone. In this episode: a coworker's first reaction, "Is that even your voice?", and why it led to an unplugged episode · why Field Notes exists in the fir...

    Unplugged No. 1 — This One's for Levi

  2. 4d ago

    Article 0069 — CP Shielding: When the Coating Protects the Corrosion

    Article 0069: CP Shielding: When the Coating Protects the Corrosion. How a disbonded coating can wall off the very steel it was meant to protect, while your readings still say protected. In this episode: a foreign-line crossing exposes your pipe, and t...

    Article 0069 — CP Shielding: When the Coating Protects the Corrosion

  3. 5d ago

    Article 0068 — Oxidation Does Not Mean Oxygen

    Article 0068: Oxidation Does Not Mean Oxygen. Where OIL RIG came from, why the names mislead, and the trap that catches good techs. In this episode: the question behind the article, asked in a hotel room while writing training material (why does "reduc...

    Article 0068 — Oxidation Does Not Mean Oxygen

  4. Oct 30

    Article 0075 — MIC: A Positive Vial Is Not a Diagnosis

    Article 0075: MIC: A Positive Vial Is Not a Diagnosis. A positive bacteria test tells you there's bacteria. It doesn't tell you what's eating the pipe. In this episode: the picture at the top of the article and why sterile sample bottles are a rule, no...

    Article 0075 — MIC: A Positive Vial Is Not a Diagnosis

  5. Oct 29

    Article 0078 — The First Tap is Misleading

    Article 0078: The First Tap is Misleading. A new rectifier gets dialed in, not cranked up. In this episode: a ground bed we had just put in read six ohms on the first tap, and it wasn't the bed · we go through commissioning a tap-type rectifier step by...

    Article 0078 — The First Tap is Misleading
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About

The audio edition of Field Notes from RCS. Each episode takes one published Field Notes article on corrosion control and cathodic protection and walks through it the way Mike would in a classroom or a truck cab: the field moment behind it, why it says what it says, and the takeaways. About twenty minutes an episode. Written and told by Mike Roberts of Roberts Corrosion Services. The full write-ups, with the figures, are at newsletter.rcswv.com.

Information

  • Creator
    Mike Roberts
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Roberts Corrosion Services, LLC
  • Show Website
    Field Notes from RCS