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Date:         Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:26:29 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Engine Fires: A Professional POV
Comments: To: Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
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> > Has anyone  *successfully*  improvised holding brackets
> > (perhaps of velcro straps) that improves on plastic straps
> > provided with extinguishers?
> > Something secure, but quickly released in emergency.
>
>I use the thinnest slotted wire ties that will securely hold the bottles in
>place. They are cheap, available at any hardware/FLAPS, and in an emergency
>tear away quite nicely.


In my own experience the nylon wire ties (if we are talking about the same
things) get very brittle with age.


Former Navy EM




Chris in Tennessee


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