fire extinguisher

Joel Benatar · Post by **Joel Benatar** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:08 pm

Hi to all
I am looking to mount a Halon fire extinguisher to the passenger compartment of my 330 GTC. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can get and from where.

Thanks
Joel

JonBrent · Post by **JonBrent** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:55 pm

Joel,

The aviation guys still sell them:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/nsearch.php?s=halon

I would mount it to a bracket on the passenger seat rails, so its located out of the way under their knees, but handy to grab if needed.

Hope this helps,
Jon

Mike G. · Post by **Mike G.** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:52 pm

Nice looking chrome from Griot's Garage

http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=26601

Halotron 1 is EPA and FAA approved. It's much more environmentally safe than Halon 1211

fest · Post by **fest** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:23 pm

I would try Summit

http://www.summitracing.com

Koll · Post by **Koll** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:09 pm

JonBrent wrote:Joel,

The aviation guys still sell them:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/nsearch.php?s=halon

Hope this helps,
Jon

Wow :shock:

So is getting them filled (should you ever need to discharge it) possible or are they use-once units?

Koll

JonBrent · Post by **JonBrent** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:07 pm

Sorry Koll, I don't know if they can be recharged. Let's hope it's never needed!

Cheers,
Jon

andy · Post by **andy** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:27 pm

I would shop around before buying anything from an aviation supplier. EVERYTHING associated with aviation is expensive. Have you checked your local auto parts store? Who knows, they might have it.

WRT recharging, what I understand from a friend (who is in the extinguisher-servicing business) is that the ones with plastic nozzles cannot be recharged. Metal-nozzle extinquishers can be recharged.

Of course when that fateful day comes (God forbid), if the extinguisher saves your car do you really care if you have to buy a new one?

Andy

lukek · Post by **lukek** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:18 pm

I do have a freshly recharged extinguisher in my GTE (mounted in the pass. footwell, upright, next to the console). If I do smell smoke, and I see some bubbling paint on the hood, I will probably run away. Trying to open the hood and giving the already burning fire some oxygen might not be worth my eybrows / hands / or the little hair that I have left. And I can make a lot of new friends with a burning Ferrari by teh side of the road.
If I am alone, I might brave it, but we will see...(new fuel lines all around should be my insurance)

thx, luke, 63 250 GTE

Post by **tyang** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:33 pm

Having been in a fire, I would probably get a chemical extinguisher.
http://www.tomyang.net/cars/story2.htm
You have no idea how desperate a sound it is to hear a Halon extinguisher make this noise:
SHHHHHHHHshhhhhhhssssssss..sss....s...s..h...
...all the while the flames continue to rise.
I know chemical extinguishers make a horrible mess, and are a bear to clean up, but I'd rather have a car that I can still clean off and restore rather than a burned out hulk. I'm no fire expert, but if halon is used to suffocate the oxygen out of a fire, and the fire is large enough, a small halon extinguisher may not work. Any fire experts out there?

Tom

mrmoose · Post by **mrmoose** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 5:58 pm

From what I think I remember off the top of my head, Halon extinguishes fires by interrupting or impeding the chemical reaction of oxygen combining with whatever fuel is involved, rather than by displacing oxygen.

Confirmation, anyone?

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