Your mix is different but so are your components - our phosphate free coolant that we mix with water is not 100% ethylene glycol. Interesting that for an electric system you're using distilled water... so this may apply to avoiding corrosion through electrolysis??? >From: Scott De Santi <Scooter061@aol.com> >Reply-To: Scooter061@aol.com >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: 50/50 water/coolant ratio >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 00:01:13 EDT > >On the AWACS radar system, we (the USAF) use a solution of 65% ethylene >glycol and distilled water... with a gazillion watts of power, that must >be >the most optimal mix for extracting the heat from the electronics. > >my .02 bucks... > >Scott De Santi >86 Vanagon 2WD (The Wobbly Bus) >Anchorage, Alaska _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. |
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