Reducing Norcold Fire Hazard????
Since my main concern with my Norcold is fire..........would running it on electricity only minimize the fire danger? My understanding is, that ammonia leaks out and if it's running on gas, the gas...
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GordonThree wrote:Not enough to do any harm. Ammonia is not very flammable. It is lighter than air, so it dissipates quickly into the atmosphere. Technically it can explode if it is trapped in a confined area, but in your RV, it dissipates so quickly, the danger of explosion is minimal. To be flammable in air, the concentration must be very high, twice that of gasoline. The combination of required high concentration and being lighter than air, means it is very difficult to get it to ignite.
I'm amazed the DOT / NTSB allows ammonia absorption refrigeration on the road... with hydrogen gas in there for good measure too! Do refrigerated trucks use ammonia too, or are they using a hydrocarbon refrigerant like R131a etc?
Every now and then the local ice cream plant as an ammonia leak from their absorption freezer and they evacuate for blocks in case of explosion.
