

| Subject: | Re: Fire Extinguisher: New, bigger,....better? |
| From: | Mark Rokus |
| Date: | Thu, 28 May 1998 19:04:27 -0400 |
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
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