Trust me if my car or truck was burning i'd ne able to walk on water LOL.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport
p.s. I wasn't trying to rattle anybodies cage just giving an opinion.
The Man From Utopia wrote:
> > I know an air conditioning man when a chemistry degree..don't
> > ask. Anyway he
> > agrees with what you say about R-12 and has something to add
> > about R-13a. It's
> > an explosive and very easy to get it to do its thing to. He told
> > me if an air
> > compressor ever failed and started to heat up it blow up a car
> > like a bomb. I
> > don't have any proof about this but it did give me something to
> > think about.
> > BTW, if R-12 is so bad why is the auto industry the only industry
> > that uses it
> > having to use something else. Youo can't tell me that all of the home and
> > commercial a/c systems and the factories that use and even all of
> > the refrig's
> > that use it don't leak it. Just another opinion.
> >
> > Jeff durling
> > '96 RC Sport
>
> Just for the record...when R-12(Freon) burns it produces phosgene gas as
> it's byproduct. Think Cyanide or Chorine gas is bad news, phosgene is just
> as worse. Had a couple of firefighters one time fighting a car fire and the
> wind shifted and they got a face full of the stuff, next thing you know we
> were pumping on 4 firefighters chests to keep them alive. Also on that note
> if you ever see a newer car burning stay away from the immediate front and
> rear. I've witnessed the bumpers go about a mile down the road when the gas
> shocks for the bumpers let loose. Bottom line is if your car or truck is
> burning get far and away, let the professionals put it out.
>
> Greg
> 95 DSCC v6 5spd
> Rahway NJ
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