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Old 07-19-13, 07:41 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by ELGo View Post
Interesting.
Perhaps the outside sleeve could be plastic, even if it is a poor heat exchanger ?
Well, the outside sleeve would be great, especially if it was a terrible conductor. If you make one copper and the other plastic, there could be problems with different expansion rates.

But the thinner the material, the less resistance it has to heat flow. I was actually thinking about the inner sleeve being plastic.

There has been a lot of machinating about aluminum vs. plastic for a HX in the HRV thread. Interesting to read.

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