Where are you getting the Halon extinguishers from, I looked around and the cheapest chrome one was 175.00, could you please point me in the right direction?

Thanks

 

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I have exhausted my google search skills and finally settled on a unit that is 1.4lbs of Halotron versus the larger 2.5. My decision was more weighted on size of canister. Although less material, the expulsion time is the same and hopefully enough if caught early. Not much information available on this. The one I bought is roughly 10" long versus the more common 15"+. Same construction, just smaller and less total material. The lowest prices I found were $125 for the larger one and $96 for the smaller (both with free shipping). I did not see a chrome version of the smaller one that I bought but several of the larger ones and yes, the more pleasing looking chrome is significantly more expensive. I didn't feel I needed to worry about the appearance enough to pop for the chrome larger one. Good luck. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-4LB-HALOT...19.m1438.l2649

 

$104.00 on ebay.javascript:; from ZORO Tools.

 

Thanks, do you have the link?

 

This pic could have been from my car. Passenger side is perfect and my wife doesn’t notice it. Only negative is concern about someone nabbing it. The chrome halon’s not cheap but worth every penny. Love this.

 

I've seen several car fires up real close and fought two myself. If you don't get the fire out in the first critical minute or so its all over....especially if the resin catches on our fiberglass cars. You need to cut and run pretty quickly if things get out of control and more extinguisher size won't matter.

Saw a lady's minivan ignite outside a school....took a couple of minutes for staff to bring out a huge industrial sized extinguisher from the building and it was already too late.....I remember it because I had to keep the gal from trying to dive into the interior to retrieve her purse (WTF ?)

ptsk (Pat) and other professional firefighters may have their own experiences in this area.

This Halotron unit has a 9 second discharge time.. Frankly, if you don't have things in hand by then its prob time to let the pros handle things. 9 seconds doesn't sound like a lot but its a long time to stand next to a fire and try to extinguish it...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fire-Exting...ss!34787!US!-1

 

 

Halon and its progenies work best in confined spaces which is not always the case with car/truck fires. The goal is to put the fire out, so equip yourself with an ABC extinguisher of the largest size that can be accommodated. True, the chemical agent may be more time consuming to clean up, but at least there will be something left to work which might not be the case using other extinguishing agents.

Several interesting mounting arrangements have been presented in this thread, but I am concerned with those that appear to take too long to deploy or are too difficult to reach. I suggest purchasing an extinguisher with a USCG approved bracket and placing it close to hand. Function trumps form every time.

 

Frankie, a couple of questions. Do the straps that hold the unit to the carpet held on with the Velcro somehow? Does the velcro attach to the carpet directly? Reading the reviews on this strap holder are really bad. Did you experience any issues of poor quality? Thanks.

 

There are some bad reviews - here is my opinion....this setup is to attach an extinguisher to a Jeep roll bar; so people pull on the straps like there is no tomorrow and tear the stitching - I would never use something like this for that purpose. Getting that fabric tight enough to not move on a round, metal roll bar is not a smart approach IMO...

In my case, the Velcro straps adhere directly to the carpet in a strong, immovable fashion. My concern was the Velcro "fuzzing up" the carpet - but it hasn't yet. I figure having it easily accessible for a one time fire deployment is worth the risk of some carpet fuzz... Look - the piece is a few bucks - try it and if you don't like it you're not out much and can use it for something else. No offense to others but that PS under-seat bracket sucked when I tried it on my 63 and limited the seat adjustment.

The arrangement shown in your picture is now my preferred location....the extinguisher sits on a "shelf"; it won't get covered up with something sitting on the jack board (towel, hats, etc) and you can lift up the jack board without moving it around...and you can take out the whole thing in two seconds for judging or whatever.
I can actually reach it a little easier than behind the passenger seat too...

Full disclosure: I haven't driven around with this rig at all yet....I can't until my trailing arm bushings are replaced later in June after an out of town trip...

 

I Zip tied it in. A youngster at a local car show asked me if it was a Nitrous bottle.

 

BTW, I replaced the glove door with a new door skin. The black skin was an experiment!

 

Agreed on all points. Thanks.

 

And well, <insert sheepish grin here>, I think it looks a little "bad ***"....

 

Agree with your "bad self" as well.

Thanks to Jason for stimulating this thread. It sure got me thinking about what really could happen and how to best prepare for it and thankfully a lot of other owners felt the same way.

My canister was shipped this morning and should have it by the weekend. It won't look quite as "bad ***" as yours because I won't be color coordinated unless I can find a white holster. Red canister, white holster and blue interior!:

 

 

How does one quickly undo a zip tie except with a knife or a pair of dikes?

Personally, I'll stay with purpose designed brackets and find the transmission tunnel cover to be a handy mounting location in many cars.

 

The fire extinguisher unclips in a flash. The bracket is zip tied in.

 

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