[Vwdiesel] AC with propane

[Dave Cook]

Yeah, I believe you are right, that the propane-based gasses are typically used as R-12 substitutes.  You'd use it if you didn't want to convert the system over to R-134a.  I'm not sure I'd be excited about filling my system with propane, though I did have both my '92 MY cars topped off last summer and I don't really know what was put in there, just that the guy said it was a good substitute and actually cooled a tad better.

Dave Cook


--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> From: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] AC with propane
> To: "travis gottschalk" <tgott at hotmail.com>
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 9:46 PM
> And funny you should mention shooting
> at them.... when I was young and
> stupid, we decided to use a small propane bottle (not
> empty) for target
> practice with a .22 rifle.  I managed to score a hit
> near the valve-end,
> toward the edge of the tank.  It didn't ignite at all,
> but did put on quite
> a show as the bottle spun around quickly, more or less in
> place.  When it
> was done everything for several feet around was covered
> with ice!
> 
> I agree though, 134a is cheap enough that I don't see why
> you would go with
> propane.  Come to think of it, the original idea may
> have been to use it in
> place for R22 or whatever the worth-it's-weight-in-gold
> stuff is called.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:33 PM, travis gottschalk <tgott at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Funny you should say that about propane as we were
> dicussing how to disposs
> > of the used bottles here at the mine. It was
> determined with some stories
> > that even an empty hand held one if shot at will go
> ski high. Also when they
> > updated the nozzles on the larger bottles (grill
> sized) and no one would
> > take the old bottles that a few went in with some
> scrap iron in a car. the
> > car went to the crusher and the crusher weight almost
> flow out the top of
> > its glides. I don't know if I would want to have a
> front end crash with this
> > stuff if that is the case then. But to each there own.
> I don't think it
> > would save you that much money to try using it.
> >
> > Travis G
> >
> >
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