Posted by Bryan P
In the most recent FORZA, there is an excellent article re: fires in Ferraris, but only a brief discussion of dry chemical vs. other extinguishers. The article also mentions Halon which I thought is now illegal except in certain marine applications. I currently carry a small dry chemical extinguisher but, as the article points out, it would cause a lot of damage in the engine bay, albeit less than the fire itself. What are people using out there in lieu of dry chemical?
Bryan
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Re: extinguishers
Posted by Jonathon
Bryan,
FWIW, Aircraft Spruce lists a variety of sizes of Halon extinguishers:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/nsearch.php?s=Halon
They are one of the larger aviation mail order houses. I had good service from them in the past. The Ferrarilist also had a thread on this too recently, which could be found searching in their archives (http://www.ferrarilist.com/).
Cheers,
Jon
Bryan,
FWIW, Aircraft Spruce lists a variety of sizes of Halon extinguishers:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/nsearch.php?s=Halon
They are one of the larger aviation mail order houses. I had good service from them in the past. The Ferrarilist also had a thread on this too recently, which could be found searching in their archives (http://www.ferrarilist.com/).
Cheers,
Jon
Re: extinguishers
Posted by Tom
Hi Bryan,
I'm no expert on fire extinguishers, but have been involved in a gasoline fire in a 308. A dry chemical extingiuisher finally put the fire out after the halon ran out! Halon works without damaging equipment, but I don't know if I would trust one of those baby bottles to save my car! Until you're actually in a fire, will you appreciate something that WORKS, regardless of the cleanup.
Purple K is made for oil, and electrical fires. Is a dry chemical, but more commonly used is the ABC dry chemical.
A quick search on the web shows a halon substitute worth looking into:
http://www.amerex-fire.com/sales/halotron.html
I'm no environmentalist, but why should we knowingly destroy the ozone if there is an alternative?
Tom
Hi Bryan,
I'm no expert on fire extinguishers, but have been involved in a gasoline fire in a 308. A dry chemical extingiuisher finally put the fire out after the halon ran out! Halon works without damaging equipment, but I don't know if I would trust one of those baby bottles to save my car! Until you're actually in a fire, will you appreciate something that WORKS, regardless of the cleanup.
Purple K is made for oil, and electrical fires. Is a dry chemical, but more commonly used is the ABC dry chemical.
A quick search on the web shows a halon substitute worth looking into:
http://www.amerex-fire.com/sales/halotron.html
I'm no environmentalist, but why should we knowingly destroy the ozone if there is an alternative?
Tom