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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!swrinde!emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
  4. From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
  5. Subject: Re: opening of the first self-sufficient solar house, Press Release
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.192433.12467@ke4zv.uucp>
  7. Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
  8. Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
  9. References: <1992Nov13.081343.3495@quando.quantum.de> <1992Nov13.203038.28857@michael.apple.com> <1992Nov16.171017.28081@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Nov17.211228.1295@adobe.com>
  10. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:24:33 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Nov17.211228.1295@adobe.com> pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
  14. >In article <1992Nov16.171017.28081@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
  15. >>Remember Apollo 13, the failure modes for these things includes
  16. >>BOOM! Also don't forget the electrolyzer, tankage, and pumps.
  17. >
  18. >I thought the Apollo 13 failure was due to overheating a dewar,
  19. >something not proposed for this house project.
  20.  
  21. Yes, it was an oxygen tank explosion. The tankage was primarily for
  22. the fuel cell. Allis Chalmers had several fuel cell explosions during
  23. their development of the cells, however, and it was initially thought
  24. that it had happened again.
  25.  
  26. Gary
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