Refir Ammonia Leak
I posted earlier about my Norcold N841 refir catching on fire. It's going to be $300 in parts to repair, or $1100 to just buy a new fridge. It's only 4 years old, so hate to replace it if it's not n...
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RLS7201 wrote:MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
A really tight COMPRESSOR ice plant prefers ammonia. I read some "comments" that ammonia is 3-10% more efficient than freon. Fascinating. When one company on the coast ditched a freon-12 system for a chipped ice plant in favor of ammonia, the owner showed me his electric bills. -22% on average.
Wouldn't it be nice IF, ammonia equipment could endure many tens of thousands of continuous operation leak-free?
Not having a decent understanding of HVAC, I am wondering how ammonia would stack up for duty in an A/C unit? The secret of course is maintaining a leak-free system. The efficiency is tantalizing.
Mex, in the States most governing authorities (cities counties & states) require a trained and licensed person to operate and maintain a compressor ammonia plant. Ammonia can be deadly and is best combated with water. Water will adsorb 100 times it weigh in ammonia. So it's best used in a commercial environment. I had to take an Operating Engineers class to get my class A operators licence to fire high pressure boilers, which included operating ammonia plants. Oh what we'll do to earn a buck or two.
Richard
Richard.......
BTDT
Control Operator for SCE Utility Power Plants
The chemicals, the high pressure systems, the high temps and the rotating shifts. Fun fun fun :B
