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Subject:Re: Vanagon Fire Season
From:John Meeks
Date:Sat, 2 Jun 2012 11:22:48 -0400

Kim, The PC2 2.5# halon extinguisher lists for $145 on the safecraft site.
https://www.safecraft.com/products.php?category=24&master_cat=motorsports

Having a hard time finding a company to refill my now empty 2.5#
PemALL halon 1211 extinguisher.This gas has not been manufactured
since the late '90s and most outfits are more interested in buying old
extinguishers to recycle the gas for large suppression systems. Looks
like buy now and hold is the best  strategy.

I did get a 5# cylinder on eBay for $110 but thinking of getting the
PC2 in the stainless cylinder for backup.

John Meeks
'91 Vanagon MV Phoenix
Northern Michigan

Vanagon Rescue Squad
www.vanagonauts.com

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> Prices seem to have gone up (not really a surprise). I see the PB2 2.5#
> Halon bottle for $335 on that site.
>
> I got mine from H3R several years ago.
>
> http://www.h3rcleanagents.com/h3r-halon-portable-fire-extinguishers.htm
>
> I believe I got the C352TS, which they list as $190.
>
> I did use it, once, for a very short burst (put out an electrical fire on my
> Westy Fridge.) I was incredibly happy to have it. It was so little used,
> that it's essentially still within the "full" range on its gauge.
>
>
> On Jun 1, 2012, at 2:05 PM, John Meeks wrote:
>
> A new halon 1211 2.5# stainless bottle is available from
> www.safecraft.com�for $145 plus ~$20 shipping (much less expensive
> than a new van). Halon leaves no residue on the engine.
>
>