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I'm still not convinced propane/butane makes sense in automotive ACs. EDIT: because it ignites during accidents.
by usrn 4y ago
I'm still not convinced propane/butane makes sense in automotive ACs.
EDIT: because it ignites during accidents.
- skocznymroczny 4y agoLPG propelled cars exist and are popular in some parts of the world, and it doesn't seem like they're more unsafe than diesel or gasoline equivalents.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoNeed to get the operating pressure of CO2 down.
- coryrc 4y agoThe pressure is intrinsic to the compound. It cannot be lowered.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoTIL, thank you!
- SoftTalker 4y agoMany things can ignite during accidents, such as the 10-20 gallons of gasoline in an average automobile tank. The tanks tend to be pretty well protected, and an air-conditioner condensor is normally at the very front end of the car, but that design could be changed.
- ars 4y agoThere's around 3lb of it, around half a gallon equivalent of gasoline. That's not nothing, but it's not that much that we should be extremely worried - there's around the same amount of fuel in the various lines running from the gas pump to the engine. It also helps that as a vapor it will dissipate very quickly.