Bill Davidson wrote: > > >From the West Marine Catalogue: (p.718 of 2000 master catalogue) > > "Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - good for Class B and Class C fires. No clean up. > Easy to use. Useful only in confined interior spaces. Does not cool fire. > > Halon - no longer produced as a result of the environmentally hazardous CFCs > (chloroflourocarbons) it produces. > > FE-241, FM-200 - relatively non-toxic Halon replacements are effective on > all fire classes. Not as effective as Halon. Expensive. [on page 719: > successors to Halon 1211 and 1301 which were effective, but too damaging to > the ozone layer. The FE-241 agent is for use only in unoccupied areas due to > its toxicity, but it is marginally more effective per pound than FM-200 and > has an ozone-depletion impact that is less than 1% of Halon 1211's. The > FM-200 agent is OK for occupied areas, but is slightly less effective and > inflicts no ozone depletion.] > > Halotron 1- Newly EPA approved. Safe for computers, electronics, even clean > rooms, and requires no cleanup after use. > > Dry Chemical - Low toxicity. Inexpensive. Effective on Class B and Class C > fires. Not effective on Class A fires. Difficult to clean up. > > Tri-Class Dry Chemical - low toxicity. Inexpensive. Effective on Class B and > Class C fires. Moderately effective on Class A fires. Difficult to clean up. > Corrosive. Not a good choice for helm or nav station. > > Aqueous Foam - this relatively new technology is extremely easy to use > effectively on Class A, B, and C fires. Avoid excessive skin or eye > contact." > > Anybody have experience or know anything about this Aqueous Foam stuff? > Clean up? > Bill, Good info. I don't know about aqueous foam, but check out the ballistic systems at: http://www.primexfiresystems.com/applications.html Sounds like they may be an excellent possibility, though pricey. Might even work in my plane. Larry |
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