DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #242
     



From: firanzi@erols.com (Jim Firanzi)

Subject: Re: Halon Fire Extinguishers-Ca

Date: Thu, 08 May 97 18:51:39 GMT



Brock,



The fire department (crash and salvage) at Naval Air Station Oceana no longer

uses PKP (Purple K) because of its corrosive nature.  It's a bear to clean up,

and on aluminum aircraft (or intakes and heads) is very corrosive.  Now, would

I hesitate to use a PKP extinguisher if my Pantera were on fire?  Hell NO!  I'd

worry about the cleanup after the fire was out.



Purple K used to be touted as one of the only agents capable of putting out a

magnesium fire, which might be handy if the campis decide to spontaneously

combust.  There's something out there now called (something X... not Active X

or the X-Files, but close) which is better at killing a magnesium fire, but

it's about $125 a shot, and what are the odds your campis will be subjected to

enough heat to catch fire.  (If they do, one 2.5lb extinguisher would probably

just irritate the fire a little.)



The recommended agent around aircraft and piston engines is Halon, though

shutting the engine off first is recommended where possible.



Jim



On 5/8/97 1:45PM, in message <19970508.101205.10487.0.BROCKCTELLA@juno.com>,

Brock C Tella <brockctella@JUNO.COM> wrote:



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

>