[Vwdiesel] A/C oil....kaboom?

[Sandy Cameron]

rumple stiltskin <
At 04:18 PM 12/07/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>not likely, but the butane can be ignited from a "static electricity
discharge" produced from >anywhere within the system where there is metal,
including the A/C condenser itself..
>   

But only in the presence of air/oxygen, of which there should be none in the
system.

As far as possible static generation INSIDE the system, it would be drained
away by the metal pipes, coils,etc, as fast as it was generated.

One of the specs for R134, as I recollect, was, it ignites in the
neighborhood of 800 degrees, (f?) about the temperature of a hot soldering iron.
And yes, its flamable.

Sandy