Date:         Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:50:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: AC convert
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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Hi List, first of all,   "HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE"!

    I don't want to get a battle going about how your going to blow yourself
up using propane mix refrigerants. But I did see a tape on the
possibilities. Some EPA testing agency ran a test where they had a fixture
to opened a can of propane mix in a fully enclosed Ford Pu, and make a
spark. Well the blast blew opened both doors and blew out the
windshield!!!!!
    Now I know that was a controlled test with a sealed area, and the chance
of an A/C system leak filling your car to a combustible percentage of gas
and air is almost nil. And like I say no battles here, but I immediately
realized two things.

1) I wouldn't want to be in any car when that happened.
2) That was one of the best use's of a Ford I've ever seen!

Howard


Subject: Re: AC convert
>
> The following 19 states ban the use of flammable refrigerants such as
> HC-12aR and DURACOOL 12aR in motor vehicle air conditioning, regardless
> of the original refrigerant: Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida,
> Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, North
> Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington, and the
> District of Columbia."