CAT ELC Coolant
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ELC 1 is a forumla specification based on a Caterpillar invented forumla.
Cat 1 is a generic name many use to describe it not actually a specific brand,
altho Caterpillar does sells one.
None of the documentation I have read says they beat Cat's formula they just meet it. The formula has become a industry standard.
Now I am not shure compareing a tensile strength test to a Formula is quite fair. We have done that pull apart test many times ourselves. It useually fails at the latching mechanism not the strap material itself [another formula] lol.
Cat 1 is a generic name many use to describe it not actually a specific brand,
altho Caterpillar does sells one.
None of the documentation I have read says they beat Cat's formula they just meet it. The formula has become a industry standard.
Now I am not shure compareing a tensile strength test to a Formula is quite fair. We have done that pull apart test many times ourselves. It useually fails at the latching mechanism not the strap material itself [another formula] lol.
Yes, you're correct, it's the latching mechanism (barb) that fails. The Teytons and a lot of other cheep brands have plastic barbs that latch into the groves of the tyraps vs the stainless steel barbs on the good tyraps - but even the weak plastic barbs met the mil specs. It seems to me the mil specs were way out of date and someone should have revised them.
Bill
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