Thanks again by the way Mike . And from experience in New Zealand it was pointed out that it can wreak havoc (corrosion) on steel/iron. And Ron G questioned the MSDS (but the Navy eats it up, and 22 to zip Seahawks at the half?) The point is good luck and fortune getting 'regular' antifreeze U.L. Listed now...
> On Feb 2, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ya Mike this is one of the good responses I mentioned and the main drawback I > have brooded over- we can put rovers on Mars but we can't keep NaCl2 in > pipe? How about CPVC? > >> On Feb 2, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Mike Cabral <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As I recall Calcium Chloride is very hard to contain. It will weep out of >> perfect threaded connection, packing glands etc. Very slippery stuff. >> >> Mike C >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> In Sep 2010 I posted 'Calcium Chloride Loops'? >>> Somewhere along the line the thread got renamed, but there was some good >>> responses exposing the drawbacks to it replacing combustible antifreeze >>> first. >>> My (lack of) money is on overcoming these drawbacks beating any U.L. Listed >>> alcohol based fluid to market-- for residential anyway. >>> I imagine 1) no city tap hence no tapping fee or BFP, 2) freeze protection >>> to -40F, 3) small Gallon high PSI pressure tanks hence K=2.8, 4) limit the >>> heat release rate of the most challenging residential fire to 1.6 MW , >>> meaning the wet stuff is on the red stuff at about 10 seconds for a small >>> room and maybe twice that for a big room. >>> If I were a maker of auto sprinkler system things (Residential Department) >>> this is the direction I would be looking. >>> >>> Brad >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sprinklerforum mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
