> > Now the thing about Freeze 12 is it is PROPANE based. A news station > back home once serviced a car with freeze 12 and made a small leak in > the evaporator. They ran the car for 30 minutes or so all closed up and > had a mannequin inside with a cig and lighter. When the made the lighter > ignite the whole interior became a fire bomb and exploded. > > Just something to think about. I smoke so no freeze 12 for me
Typical local news ratings-grab stunt. All hydrocarbon refrigerants are odorized, just like the LPG in your barbecue tank and the NG in your home gas lines, for that very reason. There's no way you could STAND to be in the car until an explosive fuel air ratio was reached. You could just as easily blow yourself up leaving the stove on in a westy. Propane there too, a lot more than 18oz of it, and it's contained in a system DESIGNED to vent freely into the interior-- no need for a production assistant to puncture anything. Every refrigerator sold in Germany uses hydrocarbon refrigerant. Like anywhere else, safety with HC chillers is a matter of maintenance and caution. Sure, it has the potential to be a greater fire hazard than R134a, but so does gasoline over diesel. Life's a series of calculated risks.
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