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Posted by Pete C. on February 19, 2008, 9:31 pm
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Ignoramus16714 wrote:
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> I gt a decent deal on a Miller Coolmate 3, so I will replace my
> homemade cooler with it.
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> My question concerns coolant. In my homemade one, I used RV antifreeze
> that is pink.
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> It actually worked fine. The coolmate manual has some drastic warnings
> to use only miller coolant (at 30 bux/gallon). Has anyone tried using
> rv antifreeze in them, does it work well etc. I had no problems with
> HF, and conductivity, and my CyberTIG with the pink RV stuff.
>
> thanks
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> i
The RV stuff is probably perfectly fine. I use the Thermal Arc TIG
coolant in my V3 and it is 75% deionized water and 25% ethylene glycol.
I haven't changed it since new and it still seems perfectly fine.
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> I gt a decent deal on a Miller Coolmate 3, so I will replace my
> homemade cooler with it.
>
> My question concerns coolant. In my homemade one, I used RV antifreeze
> that is pink.
>
> It actually worked fine. The coolmate manual has some drastic warnings
> to use only miller coolant (at 30 bux/gallon). Has anyone tried using
> rv antifreeze in them, does it work well etc. I had no problems with
> HF, and conductivity, and my CyberTIG with the pink RV stuff.
>
> thanks
>
> i