DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #229
     



From: brockctella@juno.com (Brock C Tella)

Subject: Re: Halon Fire Extinguishers-Ca

Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:45:44 PST



I have a Purple K ? extinguisher, does anyone know its characteristics?

On 8 May 1997 08:57:43 -0800 "Steve Liebenow"

<steve.liebenow@eur.ericsson.com> writes:

>FYI,

>Note an experience of a friend:  He was happily tuning on his 348 =

>tripower and somehow got the thing on fire. Picture him beating out

>the =

>fire with a shop rag, open end wrench, anything he could find. Engine

>=

>still running.....  Good neighbor comes running up with Halon =

>extinguisher... friend yells NO! just as the neighbor pulls the

>trigger =

>and extinguishes the fire....   Well, he extinguished the engine

>too..... =

>Seems Halon doesn't like to be compressed along with aluminum

>(pistons). =

>Needless to say, piston meltdown required a new engine....  bad =

>neighbor..no biscuit!

>   Anybody else heard of this? I know that Halon is good for computer

>=

>rooms, but I wonder if a better alternative may be available to halon

>=

>and/or the white mess... for our cars??  Can't remember what the third

>=

>type of extinguisher was.... help me!!

>  Or, do you simply remember (force yourself) to turn off the motor!?

>  I always figured you could do like in the movies... airplane on

>fire, =

>captain yells dive, dive! Fire goes out... happy ending....  So, just

>go =

>faster 'till the flames go out, you run out of gas, or you hit the CHP

>=

>tire puncture strips.... :-)

>Steve

>-too much horsepower for sale-

>(cumulative thing.... 'cumulated too many of 'em!)

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