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Re: Ice Intercooler

To: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rap.midco.net>, "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Subject: Re: Ice Intercooler
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:41:27 -0800
Using any refrigerant like freon would entail a compressor, an expansion
valve and a radiator, you don't get much cooling by trying to evaporate
freon.
Jim in Palmdale


> Ok, what I should have said was why
> not use a politcally correct refrigerant?
>
> > Coulda been R11, but  my memory, faulty as it is sometimes, still says
> > R12. But no matter, Freon is bad actor as is Halon. All are CFCs and
> > do damage to the ozone layer which apparently is beginning to heal ove
> > Antartica.
> >
> >
> >
> > mayf
> >
> >     Freon is a brand name but it is commonly used to refer to any of
> >     many different compounds that are used as refrigerents. The one
> >     you washed parts with was probably R11 which is a liquid at
> >     atmospheric pressure and anything under about 75 degrees F. It is
> >     a great solvent but it is no longer legal to release any of them
> >     into the atmosphere.
> >
> >
> >     Glenn

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