Uhh, I thought Freeze 12 and the like were almost non flammable. That is
they would burn if a flame were held to them but no flame and they would go
out. That's what Duracool claims anyway.

Mike

On 9/7/06 3:24 PM, "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: R-12 alternatives
>
>
>> Hey, the gasoline in the vehicle is flammable too, so let's be
>> cautious about using gasoline.
>
> Absolutely. But more to the point, do you have gasoline in your passenger
> compartment? No? Is the gasoline supply system designed in such a way that
> it can inject atomized gasoline under high pressure into the passenger
> compartment? No?
>
>> Did you know the upholstery can burn? Wow, let's be cautious using
>> upholstery.
>
> Can the upholstery be ignited by a random spark in the air, or in a relay or
> other electrical connection? Not likely. In fact if you wanted your
> upholstery to burn substantially you'd probably have to do something
> incredibly stupid or work at it.
>
> If your gas and/or your upholstery is burning substantially you probably
> already have bigger issues to worry about, like the truck that just tore
> your vehicle in half.
>
>> Hey, there is a carcinogen in the brakes (asbestos). Let's not use
>> our brakes.
>
> Do you have brake dust saturating your passenger compartment? No? Hopefully
> you wear the proper respritory protection when you work on your brakes...?
>
>> It's Friday somewhere, right?
>
> Yeah it is, so what? You're just muddying the waters with this stuff. These
> aren't comparable situations and you know it.
>
> Robert
>
>
>>
>> On Sep 7, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Todd Last wrote:
>>
>>> Look at the photo of at the bottom of this link.
>>> Reason to be cautious when using R-12 replacements which are
>>> flammable.
>>>
>>> http://www.griffiths.com/achelp/achelp3.html
>
>