Date:         Thu, 28 May 1998 19:04:27 -0400
Reply-To:     Mark Rokus <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
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From:         Mark Rokus <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fire Extinguisher: New, bigger,....better?
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Interesting trend here....  I used mine last to put out a antifreeze fire on a
CHEVY Suburban.  I wonder if there is a connection. Also, because I drive a VW, I
was prepared, and had replacement coolant for the fellow. I had heard that
antifreeze would burn but until I had seen it, I didn't believe it. We short
circuited his heater hose and he was on his way.  BTW, mine was only a 5# but it
did save his truck.
Mark Rokus

Blaine Bachman wrote:

> I asked a question several weeks ago looking for a suitable, yet not buried,
> location for a ?A-10BC Extinguisher in my '91 Westfalia (absolutely cannot
> type that other word).
>
> Problem is that I installed a "Theater Seat" behind the passenger front seat
> which meant moving the little extinguisher (not to mention that I once emptied
> a 5BC extinguisher on a Chevy ElCamino (not mine!) antifreeze fire with
> virtually no effect).
>
> Anyway, I bought the Kidde bracket (with securing strap/latch) and mounted it
> horizontal on the "floor" of the below-sink cabinet - did a fire drill and
> found it fairly easy to deploy.
>
> Oh, took the original extinguisher and mounted it, as someone suggested,
> horizontally on the driver's seat base (where the carpet covers the front) -
> pretty much out of the way, and easy to grab (I was gonna give an illustration
> here of what might catch on fire, but better not to tempt the fates).
>
> -Blaine