Matt, It corrodes steel, it leaks, it's not listed for the use, it's not one of the few acceptable chemicals allowed in 13…. You make your call from info like that. Ethylene glycol lowers the freezing point of water but is poison. Sugar does also but it's a long strand carbon molecule that will burn.. Gasoline freezes at a much lower temperature than water but is probably not a good solution to the problem. Like our discussion on centrifugal pumps and raising water with Rube Goldberg solutions: what George said--you can but that doesn't necessarily mean you should.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Matt Grise <[email protected]> wrote: > I know we have gone over this in previous emails, but I could not find one > that ever mentioned a resolution. > > Other than the corrosion/ seepage concerns for steel piping, was there any > finding on whether or not it was ok to use CaCl as an anti-freeze additive? > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: AFSA, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, NFSA, AFAA, ASEE, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
