I came across an interesting question on a heating and air conditioning forum that I am on.
Another member was in a situation where he needed to know if the oil in an air conditioning system he's working on was Poe oil or mineral oil so I was wondering if any of you know of a simple way to test whether it's Poe or mineral oil. I think it would be sufficient if we could just identify if there is some Poe present even if there is only 50% Poe I think that would be good enough.
My first thought was to mix it with water and test the pH or something because I know POE turns acidic in the presence of moisture but I don't know if that requires heat to turn it acidic or not.
I thought maybe y'all would have some useful input on the matter.
Another member was in a situation where he needed to know if the oil in an air conditioning system he's working on was Poe oil or mineral oil so I was wondering if any of you know of a simple way to test whether it's Poe or mineral oil. I think it would be sufficient if we could just identify if there is some Poe present even if there is only 50% Poe I think that would be good enough.
My first thought was to mix it with water and test the pH or something because I know POE turns acidic in the presence of moisture but I don't know if that requires heat to turn it acidic or not.
I thought maybe y'all would have some useful input on the matter.