The Picard ManeuverM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 年前The old one also sounds like a running lawnmower, but still.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1783arrow-down152
arrow-up1731arrow-down1imageThe old one also sounds like a running lawnmower, but still.startrek.websiteThe Picard ManeuverM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 年前message-square104linkfedilink
minus-squareNightAuthor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 年前You can do a 1:1 swap of refrigerant, and if I remember correctly, the new stuff actually works better.
minus-squareLucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 年前Heck, early refrigeration systems used friggen ammonia as it’s refrigerant of choice. Works good at being compressed and evaporated, shame about it being poison.
minus-squareNightAuthor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 年前Didn’t know that, I was thinking of the CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) we used like 30/40 years ago
You can do a 1:1 swap of refrigerant, and if I remember correctly, the new stuff actually works better.
Heck, early refrigeration systems used friggen ammonia as it’s refrigerant of choice. Works good at being compressed and evaporated, shame about it being poison.
Didn’t know that, I was thinking of the CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) we used like 30/40 years ago