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> Halon fire extinuisher, where to put securely?
1970 Neun vierzehn
post Mar 19 2009, 09:33 PM
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I know for certain that asking where (and how) to secure a Halon fire extinguisher in the passenger compartment will bring forth no smart-aleck, sarcastic or irreverent replies from anyone who frequents this Forum (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Drilling holes in newly restored footwell, tunnel or dash areas is not what I care to do. Nor do I want it stuffed and padded behind the seat. If you carry a F/E in your original and/or concours 914, what have you done to secure it? And even if you don't yet carry a F/E (why not?), got any creative ideas for placement?

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post Mar 25 2009, 01:51 PM
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QUOTE(1970 Neun vierzehn @ Mar 19 2009, 08:33 PM) *

I know for certain that asking where (and how) to secure a Halon fire extinguisher in the passenger compartment will bring forth no smart-aleck, sarcastic or irreverent replies from anyone who frequents this Forum (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Drilling holes in newly restored footwell, tunnel or dash areas is not what I care to do. Nor do I want it stuffed and padded behind the seat. If you carry a F/E in your original and/or concours 914, what have you done to secure it? And even if you don't yet carry a F/E (why not?), got any creative ideas for placement?

Thanks.

Paul


I could be wrong god knows I am alot! But halon is not what you want in your car that is for a fuel or oil fires and will do nothing for an electrical fire.Halon takes all the air from the surounding area and if it happens to go off inside the car with you in it you cant breath.If you want a fire bottle in your car use a A.B.C. bottle its safer and works for all type`s of fires A.B.C. D rated bottle will work for magnesium products and Titanium....Thats why theres no helon bottles in race cars
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post May 23 2010, 05:12 AM
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QUOTE(6freak @ Mar 25 2009, 12:51 PM) *

I could be wrong god knows I am alot! But halon is not what you want in your car that is for a fuel or oil fires and will do nothing for an electrical fire.Halon takes all the air from the surounding area and if it happens to go off inside the car with you in it you cant breath.If you want a fire bottle in your car use a A.B.C. bottle its safer and works for all type`s of fires A.B.C. D rated bottle will work for magnesium products and Titanium....Thats why theres no helon bottles in race cars


Small 5 pound (1 quart) HALON 1211 bottles are rated B and C for fuel (flamable liquid) and electical type fires. That's why they are on aircraft. These are also the two primary causes of fire in a car. Also, HALON it self has low vapor toxisity. However it's decomposision products can be hazardous. At decomposision it gives off a sharp acrid odder, which is the built in signal to leave the area.

One more thing, HALON 1211 bottles over 9 lbs are A rated as well.

Personaly I would go with HALON 1211 or CBrCLF2. Infact, I trust my life with it every day.

-Rob
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post May 23 2010, 10:08 AM
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QUOTE(6freak @ Mar 25 2009, 12:51 PM) *

I could be wrong god knows I am alot! But halon is not what you want in your car that is for a fuel or oil fires and will do nothing for an electrical fire.Halon takes all the air from the surounding area and if it happens to go off inside the car with you in it you cant breath.If you want a fire bottle in your car use a A.B.C. bottle its safer and works for all type`s of fires A.B.C. D rated bottle will work for magnesium products and Titanium....Thats why theres no helon bottles in race cars


Small 5 pound (1 quart) HALON 1211 bottles are rated B and C for fuel (flamable liquid) and electical type fires. That's why they are on aircraft. These are also the two primary causes of fire in a car. Also, HALON it self has low vapor toxisity. However it's decomposision products can be hazardous. At decomposision it gives off a sharp acrid odder, which is the built in signal to leave the area.

One more thing, HALON 1211 bottles over 9 lbs are A rated as well.

Personaly I would go with HALON 1211 or CBrCLF2. Infact, I trust my life with it every day.

-Rob

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Been using them on oil coolant CNC machines now for a long time. It's not pretty when 60 Gallons of cutting oil go off, especially with the 3000 PSI pumps I built for them. Halon puts it out so fast the operators usually don't even realize they had a fire except the machine shut down. The real nice thing about them is no mess to clean up. The old dry chemical stuff took them several days to clean up, and several weeks of repair to the machines. Now they are usually back up after just changing the cutting oil.

And I am still working with Safecraft to get us a reasonably priced system engineered for our cars. Don and I have been a little busy lately.
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1970 Neun vierzehn   Halon fire extinuisher   Mar 19 2009, 09:33 PM
mskala   Did you expect anyone to tell you to search the nu...   Mar 20 2009, 10:06 AM
1970 Neun vierzehn   Did you expect anyone to tell you to search the n...   Mar 20 2009, 05:39 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   most mounted it right in front of the pass seat ag...   Mar 20 2009, 01:42 PM
1970 Neun vierzehn   most mounted it right in front of the pass seat a...   Mar 20 2009, 05:45 PM
Pat Garvey   I just let mine rattle around behind the passenger...   Mar 20 2009, 06:03 PM
1970 Neun vierzehn   ................. but how does one get a halon ex...   Mar 20 2009, 06:11 PM
Pat Garvey   ................. but how does one get a halon e...   Mar 20 2009, 06:17 PM
1970 Neun vierzehn   Sorry Paul - bolt it to that new dash! Pat ...   Mar 20 2009, 06:33 PM
Pat Garvey   Sorry Paul - bolt it to that new dash! Pat...   Mar 20 2009, 07:07 PM
Pat Garvey   Sorry Paul - bolt it to that new dash! Pat...   Mar 22 2009, 06:43 PM
mskala   On a '70. Here is a bracket that doesn't ...   Mar 20 2009, 06:55 PM
mskala   ... Then, you put a piece of old headliner under i...   Mar 20 2009, 06:56 PM
sendjonathanmail   I bent a thin strip of metal about 20ga, 1" w...   Mar 21 2009, 08:27 PM
zonedoubt   I bent a thin strip of metal about 20ga, 1" ...   Mar 22 2009, 11:29 AM
sendjonathanmail   Nope, doesn't come loose over bumps or anythin...   Mar 22 2009, 01:54 PM
Racer   Why not put it in the front trunk? More than likel...   Mar 24 2009, 06:32 PM
sendjonathanmail   Because you are wasting a few precious seconds ope...   Mar 25 2009, 01:08 PM
6freak   I know for certain that asking where (and how) to...   Mar 25 2009, 01:51 PM
Gearhead1432   I could be wrong god knows I am alot! But hal...   May 23 2010, 05:12 AM
underthetire   I could be wrong god knows I am alot! But ha...   May 23 2010, 10:08 AM
smg914   I keep a 1.4 pound Amerex HALOTRON extinguisher in...   Mar 25 2009, 02:11 PM
Racer   you could simply just up the insurance coverage an...   Mar 25 2009, 02:18 PM
iamchappy   I made a bracket on my driver seat that attaches u...   Mar 25 2009, 05:43 PM


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