David Beierl wrote:
>
> At 04:54 PM 1/22/2001, Larry Hamm wrote:
> >Bob,
> >I don't think the two are interchangeable. The Schraeder valve is
> >somewhat larger in diameter, IIRC.
> >Larry
>
> The Schraeder valve is the standard arrangement used on automotive tires;
> like the cigarette-lighter socket it's been generalized to other things
> (A/C systems, FI systems etc.) because it's cheap and available and it
> works.

Hmm, maybe I'm confusing two different things. I thought the valve on an
air conditioning system was a Schrader valve. Maybe not. All's I know
for sure is that I once tried to mate a tire pump chuck to the A/C
valve, and they were different sizes.
Larry