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Subject:Re: 50/50 water/coolant ratio
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:15:44 PDT

Your mix is different but so are your components - our phosphate free
coolant that we mix with water is not 100% ethylene glycol. Interesting that
for an electric system you're using distilled water... so this may apply to
avoiding corrosion through electrolysis???

>From: Scott De Santi <Scooter061@aol.com>
>Reply-To: Scooter061@aol.com
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 50/50 water/coolant ratio
>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 00:01:13 EDT
>
>On the AWACS radar system, we (the USAF) use a solution of 65% ethylene
>glycol and distilled water...  with a gazillion watts of power, that must
>be
>the most optimal mix for extracting the heat from the electronics.
>
>my .02 bucks...
>
>Scott De Santi
>86 Vanagon 2WD (The Wobbly Bus)
>Anchorage, Alaska

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