Fire Extinguisher Choice and Mount Location, Most recomended type and area to mount |
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Fire Extinguisher Choice and Mount Location, Most recomended type and area to mount |
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Apr 21 2008, 09:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 328 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Thousand Oaks, CA Member No.: 8,791 Region Association: Southern California |
Where do most of you mount your Fire Extinguisher (if you have one in the car)? and what type is most common?
Not a track car, just a DD. Roy. |
McMark |
Apr 24 2008, 01:13 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I was under the impression that you needed a larger Halon to be equivalent to a dry chem extinguisher, and Josh confirmed it. When I worked in an auto parts store awhile back I would laugh to myself when people would come in and buy these cute little 0.5 lb chrome fire extinguishers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Bling Bling.
If my car catches fire, I'm not worried about saving the engine. I'm worried about saving the REST of the car. I'll deal with dry chem everywhere, rather than having a Halon that isn't enough protection. I wonder if YouTube has any good Halon vs dry chem videos... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
jhadler |
Apr 24 2008, 02:56 PM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
When I worked in an auto parts store awhile back I would laugh to myself when people would come in and buy these cute little 0.5 lb chrome fire extinguishers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Bling Bling. Yeah. If I have a fire bottle in my car, I want EVERYONE to know exactly what and where it is. 'Cause I might not be the one closest, or able to, reach it in time to do any good. Red, and in a highly visible, accessible location. I don't put one there for "cool! I'm a racer" looks. I put it there because there's a chance (perish forbid and all that) that I might actually need to use it someday. QUOTE If my car catches fire, I'm not worried about saving the engine. I'm worried about saving the REST of the car. I'll deal with dry chem everywhere, rather than having a Halon that isn't enough protection. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) But my first priority is my own arse. If I have to choose between me and the car, the car is gonna loose every time. Having had to put out car fires before (thankfully not my own - knock particle board), a little hand held fire bottle is NOT going to put out anything more than the tiniest, teeniest, smallest of car fires. But it is far more likely to give me an extra 2-4 seconds to get my own combustible self away from the flames. QUOTE That would be neat to see. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) -Josh2 |
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