03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 10:13 amI can tell you it does not take much of it to send you gasping and choking. One experience of inhaling that stuff while brazing copper lines together is usually enough to teach one to never again place their face to close while brazing. It typically occurs during ones first summer working in the field.puma guy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 9:58 amPhosgene, which smells like moldy hay, is also an irritant but six times more deadly than chlorine gas. ... Phosgene was responsible for 85% of chemical-weapons fatalities during World War I. Mustard gas, a potent blistering agent, was dubbed King of the Battle Gases. Like phosgene, its effects are not immediate.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 8:25 amI think it is the oil that travels through the system with the refrigerant that burns and becomes acidic as well. It is funny that you mentioned the smell of it. It is so true. I have had that stench linger in my nose for as much as two days after cleaning up a burnt system. I can almost detect the odor now without hooking up my gauges. It is awful. We use to talk about the smell of burning refrigerant as being comparable to mustard gas. LOL Burning refrigerant also creates phosgene gas, which could kill a person in high doses.RPBrown wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 8:17 amBurnt refrigerant generally comes from an internal short in the motor of the compressor. If you were ever to get a slight smell of burnt refrigerant you would never forget it, I promise.powerboatr wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:24 pm how does one BURN freon? did the compressor go into fry mode or just quit form loss of ground? thanks in advance
