Fire Extinguisher - where to buy and mount ???

[GTXKen]

I haven't had any issues but I have been looking at fire extinguishers the last couple days, just to have it the car just in case. Prices on a 2.5 lb ABC extinguisher vary from 20 on ebay to 75 at someplace like summit. I have a couple questions for the guys that have them.

Is a $20 extinguisher any good, what did you buy? What brand and where from?

I don't have a roll bar, where did you mount yours, do I have to drill a hole in the floor or trans tunnel?

Thanks

 

[914Driver]

I'll bet a $20 extinguisher puts out a fire better than no extinguisher. =~)

I mounted mine between the seats, aft of the shifter. Easy access before bolting out the door.


Dan

 

[GTXKen]

I'll bet a $20 extinguisher puts out a fire better than no extinguisher. =~)

I mounted mine between the seats, aft of the shifter. Easy access before bolting out the door.


Dan

I have a console so thats out

 

[64BEL]

I used to have it between the buckets in my GTX (no console). I have one under the driver's seat of my truck. Don't have one in my Belvedere yet. Like Dan said, a $20. one works better than nothing - and is more than most people have on hand.

 

[MRHWS]

Mine lays on the floor in front of the seat between the seat rails. You can make a bracket to connect to the seat rails if you are worried about it rolling around. Mine doesn't.

 

[yellowdartdave]

I would stay away from dry chemical ones.
They leave a huge amount of corrosive residue.
I worked for a trucking company that a driver had a small electrical fire in his cab and he unloaded a 10# ABC dry chemical ext. on the fire. It took a week to get rid of all the residue.
6 months later, they had to replace the entire cab wiring harness because it corroded away and started another fire.

Being a vol. fireman since 1976, I would recomend a halogenated ext.
They are great on just about any fire, do not harm electronics and leave no residue...just don't inhale a bunch of it.

Something like this would be good.

http://www.fireextinguishers.com/portable/posthalo.html

 

[Deleted member 214]

Ditto on avoiding dry chem if possible. I was lucky and picked up a Halon unit at a garage sale.

 

[Coledavis01]

Being in the industry I can tell you the Halon units are not manufactured anymore-only the government and airline industries are allowed by law to install it and neither 1211 nor 1301 are manufactured anywhere (well, probably some shady outfit in China) so good garage sale find!
The powder is a huge mess to clean up but finding an appropriate replacement that is as cheap and effective as dry chem isn't going to happen easily...Yellowdartdave has got the right idea above.
There are a lot of newer chemicals that have been made to replace Halon in recent years but working for one of these companies the safety concern has been reduced greatly to where you could discharge it in the car and sit there with no problems (health related anyway), but the cost of using one of these in an automotive application is quite expensive-at least $150 to even think about getting the fire out. The problem with some of these newer agents is that they were designed for total flooding applications meaning that the room volume where the fire could occur would be sealed--typically when somebody's car goes up in flames you don't see them sitting there with the door closed!

My only point is that if you don't want to mess with the clean up of a dry chem extinguisher just make sure you do your homework before buying something that may or may not be enough to put it out and keep it out.

 

[Evil Mopars]

Mine lays on the floor in front of the seat between the seat rails. You can make a bracket to connect to the seat rails if you are worried about it rolling around. Mine doesn't.

Yep, good place for it. Easy to get to when you need it, yet hides out of the way. And with a seat rail mount you can still move the seat back and forth if you need too.

 

[GTXKen]

Yep, good place for it. Easy to get to when you need it, yet hides out of the way. And with a seat rail mount you can still move the seat back and forth if you need too.

Can't picture how that will fit or work but I'll have to take a look.

Anyone have pictures?

 

[MRHWS]

Couldn't get a good angle, but here is a pic of mine. The mounting bracket keeps it from rolling around. Like I said, you could probably make a simple bracket attached to the seat rail and mount the bottle bracket to it.

 

[GTXKen]

I get it now...duh The way I drive it won't stay there, I need to make a bracket, need to look in the back seat too.

 

[yellowdartdave]

Best advice for a interior car fire.....

1. Make sure all windows are closed.

2. Exit vehicle

3. Unload ext. on way out.

4. Close door behind you.

I have put out an underdash electrical fire with a 1lb. Halon ext. back in the day. I was able to lock the trigger while pointing the nozzle up at the fire while holding my breath. As soon as the ext was empty, I shut the door.
2 minutes later a pumper showed up and asked where is the vehicle that is on fire. Car owner was so appreciative because there was minimal damage.
I only asked him to pay for a refill of the ext.

 

[GTXKen]

Thanks but I'm looking for suggestions on what to buy and where to mount

 

[shag766]

in regards to halon, they used them a lot in boats. check with local marinas see what comes up.

 

[howiedodat]

You can see mine in my 68 on the right side by the heater box.

 

[GTXKen]

I think this is the $10 one I was looking at on ebay

You can see mine in my 68 on the right side by the heater box.