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To: cymbeline

—” America doesn’t allow flammable refrigerants.”

R-290 that I added to revive my system tends to be flammable and is used in the USA, but is limited to a given volume.

Ammonia is used in huge systems everywhere.
And can be very reactave.


37 posted on 06/18/2022 11:34:30 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Ammonia is used in huge systems everywhere.”

I asked a refrigeration guy if ammonia wasn’t more dangerous than the freons since it’s toxic. He said no because the freons are odorless and in a refrigeration room you can die from oxygen deprivation if the freon pushes the oxygen out, without you realizing what’s happening. On the other hand you can smell ammonia even in low concentrations and can get the heck out.


45 posted on 06/18/2022 12:46:18 PM PDT by cymbeline
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