Re: built in fire extinguishers

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxx>]

Everybody's got an opinion...

It pleases me to hear about people considering installing fire 
extinguishers in their cars, be they halon, CO2, nitrogen, foam, 
powder or whatever. I personally think a fixed extinguisher aimed at 
the engine is a very good idea, though I've opted for a conventional 
manual fire extinguisher mounted in the passenger compartment. I 
agree with the people who advise that installing an extinguisher of 
the inert gas type (halon, nitrogen, carbon dioxide)in the passenger 
compartment is very dangerous because of the near-certainty of 
asphyxiation during discharge. 

I've installed a fire-extinguisher in my car. It is one of the foam 
types, which are extremely messy, but very effective. Use of it 
would be messy, but I can live with that.

I'm sure that any sensibly installed fire extinguisher can help 
mitigate some risk. If we're lucky, we'll never collect enough data 
to assess which method is better.

Rick Gendreau 11472