"Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in
news:GAd3f.12662$U%5.4880@lakeread05:


<snip TeGGer's mention of Duracool in a newspaper article>


> Sounds like it is better, but I just came across this that says it's
> illegal (to use flammable refrigerants in a car) in my state:
> http://www.aircondition.com/wwwboard...rent/6454.html



Flammable refrigerants = hydrocarbons.

Duracool is a refined version of propane (also a HC refrigerant), and even
smells the same as that.


>
> (acceptable according to EPA site
> http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/refrig...sts/mvacs.html, but does
> not necessarily mean that the refrigerants on the list work well)



Your allusion to HC refrigerants prodded my memory, and I found this in a
Google Groups search:
http://tinyurl.com/cozgo

Pay particular attention to the part where Daniel J. Stern gets involved.

Maybe Duracool is not such a good thing.

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