Fire Extinguishers?

Oh, and I need to upgrade to all-metal extinguishers. Supposedly the feed tubes on the plastic ones can break, leaving the extinguisher ineffective.

No Halon for me. From this link (and others I'm sure):
http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/agents.html

** Halon extinguishers are no longer made but some may still be in use. Dangerous gases are formed when halon is used to put out fires. Wear proper respiratory equipment, particularly in enclosed spaces. After use, do not allow anyone to enter the area until it has been well ventilated.

Latest SCCA GCR / rules here: http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/assets/2013%20GCR%20September.pdf

Buy them here: http://www.ioportracing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=FE-HH http://www.ioportracing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=IPRS&Category_Code=FES

On the ships (oil tankers), we always had foam nozzles. I would go with a foam system if (when) I put a system on a vehicle. Do they make foam hand held extinguishers?

The dry chemical I had in the Esprit did zip, as did the larger dry chemical that the neighbor brought over. The fire truck had a hard time putting it out.

Dr. Hess wrote: The dry chemical I had in the Esprit did zip, as did the larger dry chemical that the neighbor brought over. The fire truck had a hard time putting it out.

It was because of the magic smoke that Lotuses of that period have in them. It's highly flammable and self-oxidizing.

wclark wrote: In my race car I switched from dry chemical ABC to Halotron 1 last year because of the non-corrosive advantage of Halotron over dry chem.

Reading about Halotron right now. It's more expensive, but seems to have some significant advantages as far as cleanup goes. Interesting.

Well, let's just say we let the smoke out on that one. It did sell for $229 on copart. The manifold I made from 304 was worth over 1 large, and I think it survived, so someone got a bargain on that.