At 03:00 PM 6/18/2003, Mike Miller wrote: >There really isn't very much of whatever you use. Don't see it as being a >large risk. I once mentioned to the young (20s) chemist brother of a good friend some of the possible issues involved with carrying around a butane lighter. Few weeks later his brother told me "I heard this god-awful boom and flash and the windows rattled like crazy -- went rushing downstairs to see what on earth happened and met [my brother] coming in white as a ghost." He wasn't convinced about the lighter, so being an experimental chemist took a Bic out in the back yard with a piece of magnesium ribbon wrapped around it, lit the ribbon and retired to the porch to see what if anything happened. His expectations were exceeded... I'm pretty sure that an A/C unit has a good deal more than a Bic lighter...but how fast and in what direction it comes out, and whether liquid or vapor would all affect the issue. Maybe we should try it a few dozen times and see if there's a pattern? d -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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