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Date:         Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:23:25 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: fire extinguishers, custom mounts etc
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <B96DB23A.5CCE%albell@uvic.ca>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Alistair Bell wrote:

> The subject of extinguishers has come up from time to time on the list and > once there was a bit of a thread about either having some remote activated > unit in the engine compartment or some sort of access hole/passage to direct > a hand-held unit at an engine fire. > > Has anyone actually done either of these things?

I haven't, personally, but I once saw the suggestion elsewhere of using bathtub drain fittings, sealed with the usual rubber stoppers, as ports through the inside engine cowling of a motorhome. The idea being that in the event of an engine fire, you could pull out the stoppers and aim your fire extinguisher through the holes.

_ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Geekdom is fantastic at being AGAINST something, and |___/ it's hopeless at being FOR something." -- Andrew Orlowski in The Register.


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