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Subject:Re: 85 Heater & Coolant Line Question - and other non-tech Vanagon Love
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:59:48 -0500

At 01:36 PM 11/8/2010  -0500, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
>So I did a little research of list archives and the Samba forum - I saw some
>mention of CPVC but no definitive answers about it. Without starting a big
>debate please - can someone tell me why that might not work? I know the heat
>ratings look like they would be high enough but those are tested with water.

Max service temp of CPVC pipe is 200F with an 80% pressure
derating.  Boiling point of 50/50 glycol antifreeze mix is 265F.  I'd
call that a definite never, myself.

http://www.harvel.com/piping-cpvc-derating.asp

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