[s-cars] Re: [urq] AutoFrost?

[Mark Strangways]

Liquid gasoline is not combustible. It NEEDS to become vaporized prior to
igniting.
Try to boil water in a paper bag, it will remain unaffected until the water
boils off. Them it burns :)

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Bill Bennett" <ur.quattro at verizon.net>; "Greg Johnson"
<gregsj2 at attbi.com>; "northwest audi enthusiasts"
<audi-nw at u.washington.edu>; "S Cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "V8"
<V8 at audifans.com>; "urq" <urq at audifans.com>; "200 List"
<200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:38 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Re: [urq] AutoFrost?


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> Bill,
>
> I hope you don't have any R134a in any of your vehicles.  The autoignition
> temperature for that is 300 degrees LESS than Duracool.  I don't know
about
> Autofrost, but Duracool is what I use.  A full charge of this stuff will
> create a flash for 1 to 1.5 seconds when ignited, which of course is
harder
> to do than the R134a that is in all the newer vehicles.  People see the
word
> hydrocarbon and get scared.  EVERYTHING is flammable, it's just a matter
of
> at what temperature and under what conditions.
>
> I don't quite understand the statement about throw a match on liquid
> gasoline and it goes out.  I thought gas was one of the best fire
> accelerators around.
>
> --Calvin
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Bill Bennett [mailto:ur.quattro at verizon.net]
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:47 PM
>   To: Calvin & Diana Craig; Greg Johnson; northwest audi enthusiasts; S
> Cars; V8; urq; 200 List
>   Subject: Re: [s-cars] Re: [urq] AutoFrost?
>
>
>   Yeah, and it is not a foot from the front of the car in vapor in a
fragile
> aluminum tube boob, no thanks Calvin, I like my urq too much to use this
> sheet, throw a match on liquid gasoline it goes out, throw a match on
> flammable gas? WHOMP!
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Calvin & Diana Craig
>     To: Bill Bennett ; Greg Johnson ; northwest audi enthusiasts ; S Cars
;
> V8 ; urq ; 200 List
>     Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:52 PM
>     Subject: RE: [s-cars] Re: [urq] AutoFrost?
>
>
>     Yeah, so is gas, but we seem to put about 21 gallons of that in the
car
> :)
>     --Calvin
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
>     [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Bill Bennett
>     Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:10 PM
>     To: Greg Johnson; northwest audi enthusiasts; S Cars; V8; urq; 200
List
>     Subject: [s-cars] Re: [urq] AutoFrost?
>
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>     after visiting their website using that refrigerant in an URQ would be
a
> BAD
>     idea. URQ's use the mini York, the shaft seal materials are not
> compatible
>     with that refrigerant R406A and it is flammable! not a good idea in a
> car,
>     Kaboom! in a collision event! pay the piper and stay with R-12 or
> convert to
>     R-134a. Regards, Bill
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Greg Johnson
>       To: northwest audi enthusiasts ; S Cars ; V8 ; urq ; 200 List
>       Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:39 PM
>       Subject: [urq] AutoFrost?
>
>
>       Have any of you successfully used AutoFrost instead of Freon?
>
>       See www.autofrost.com
>
>       TIA for your input.
>
>       Greg J
>       BIRA.ORG
>
>
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