The same risk quotient that gasoline in you engine
compartment could leak,
and cause a fire.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mark C
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Propane fired airconditioning

Is there much risk that propane could leak at the
compressor and start a
fire?

From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Propane fired airconditioning

> I think you are confusing using propane for the
power source vs. versus
> using propane as the refrigerant. Propane does work
as a refrigerant as it
> is easy to compress into a liquid and then let it
vaporize into a gas. It
is
> the "latent" heat of vaporization that makes
mechanical refrigeration
> practical.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Sharon Mendonca
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:12 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Propane fired airconditioning
>
> My husband just heard from someone in Canada the
other day (a mechanic)
and
> he said that they are already starting to convert AC
units to propane,
> especially on farm equipment.  He said that
originally AC units were
propane
> then went to R12 and that didn't work too well for
the environment and
then
> 134a, which also didn't work well on conversions, so
now they're about
ready
> to start using propane again.
>
>   Sharon & Bob Mendonca
>   88 Westy
>   88 Vanagon GL
>

----- End Original Message -----

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