automatic fire systems, suggestions? Options

[machina]

Looking at installing fire system in the car.

Anything to look for, brand, type(AFFF), electric or manual?

[GWN7]

There is actually a new product which replaces halon called FE-36

Made by Dupont it dosen't depleat the ozone layer like halon does. (Which is why halon was banned)

Available in 6 , 10 & 14 lbs portable units.

I believe a 6 lb unit will cover 256 cu ft of space.

AFFF is usually used on large volume fires involving gasoline type fires. (Tanker trucks, fuel storage stations)AFFF has to be mixed with water to deliver it. There are a few AFFF systems are used in fixed instalations, but are usually a seperate tank which can be mixed with the water carried on a fire truck. I've never seen a AFFF portabe extinguisher, but they may exist. When we use AFFF at work we have to flush our systems with clean water for at least 5 min to insure it dosen't eat the trucks. Highly corrosive.

Cold Fire is a water wetting agent. There are several brand names of this type on the market. It is added to water to make it penetrate materials to let the water extinguish fires better (It actually lowers the tempature of the fire and removes the fuel source by not allowing more fuel to be ignited). We use a simular type of agent at work.

What you want is a system that protects you first and your car second.

You want a system that works to remove one of the components of the fire tetrahedron (heat, fuel, O2 and chemical reaction).

A Halon (or that type system) removes the O2 without causing a adverse effect to the car or it's systems. The down side to that type is that it does what it's designed for (removing O2).

Can you take a deep breath, activate the system and then remove you seat belts and exit the car?

As a rule the body can survive without O2 for 5 min.