Ferrari fire extinguisher!

what are the advantages of halon versus dry powder? i ordered the fire extinguisher option with my car, and it is dry powder.

 

The 2.5 lbs unit in the 308 here is by them. Good stuff ...but hope i never need to use it.

 

Halon is an oxygen replacing gas of some sort, that robs the fire of the O2 required to burn, but doesn't get powder all over everything. I have been doing a bit of research since the 355 fire, and apparently that dry powder is really caustic and a bear to clean up. Halon doesn't do that.

Cheers
Kevin

 

OUTSTANDING!!! I was just about to pull the trigger on another bottle tonight! How do we claim the discount? Call Chris directly?

-Daniel

 

I just bought mine a couple months ago. NOW they offer a discount!! That's alright the peace of mind was worth it!!

 

Scott -

Help! Do you have an email addy for Chris at H3R? I just placed my order and there was absolutely no chance for a discount code or anything at all.

-Daniel

 

Try these guys:
http://www.westernfireandsafety.com/news.htm

I bought a 5lb Halon unit from them a year or two ago for $89 on sale. They run specials all the time. Call and see what the price is for 2.5lb and 5lb units.

Regards,
Dave

 

The H3R site worked fine for me. Just bought a Ferrari-red 2.5lber. Model C352TS. Thank you.

 

Powder extinguishers are caustic to the metal components in your car. The cars we see that have been exposed to powder extinguishers show significant corrosion to the zinc cad pieces as well as on aluminum (engine blocks, heads, etc). What it does to the wiring and electrical components isn't so great either.
Moral of the story is to be safe and buy Halon even if it costs more money. Lastly, it's easy to say that you will clean the powder off the car but believe me, that stuff gets in places you didn't know you had places.

 

And trust me, ANY piece of electronics dry chemical gets to will be destroyed.

 

Don't forget you need a good mount. The dimensions will likely have to be slightly changed for a 355 or 360, but the basic pattern will still work.

www.tradetutor.com/raceprep/

 

i asked a friend of mine who has experience with different fire extinguishers about powder versus halon. if i understood him correctly it seems that halon is good if the fire is small because the size of the extinguisher that you would typically carry in your car doesn't have enough capacity to put off a signifcant size fire. the powder extinguisher of the same size apparently can put out a larger fire. my friend has a new stradale, and he concluded that in spite of the "pitfalls" of powder he is going to install a powder extinguisher.

 

OK here's the deal with H3R. After sarcasticly posting the above, I received an e-mail from Laura at H3R telling me she was sorry I didn't get a 10% discount when I ordered, to call her when I was ready to order again and she would make sure I got the discount. She didn't want me to feel cheated.

How great is that!!!?? As I told her, that's the kind of attention to customer service that will keep me going back to them. In these days of automated phone lines and impersonal (or non-existent) customer service it's nice to know there are still a few companies who care about how thier customers feel, not just how much they spend.

Just to give them another plug, here is where to buy your extinguisher!!!

http://www.h3r.com/products/home_vehicle.htm

 

I'll give them a plug too. When I missed the "coupon" button during checkout, I called H3R the next morning. They were absolutely over-the-top helpful, and immediately credited my charge card with the 10% discount. All merchants should be that easy to work with !

Thanks H3R! I'm eagerly awaiting my Halon.

-Daniel

 

JUST ORDERED MY CHROMED ONE WITH THE 10% DISCOUNT........NO PROBLEM......................

 

LOOKS BEAUTIFUL SURF..........BUT I DONT WANT TO DRILL HOLES IN MY TR

ILL PROBABLY MOUNT IT ON THE SIDE OR UNDER IN FRONT OF PASSENGER SEAT USING WIRETIRES

BRUCE

 

I bought a mount several years ago from a company that no longer is around (unfortunately, as they had all sorts of cool f-stuff) and modified it by making it smaller and less weight. It mounts on the front rails of the seat and in the second picture the seat is all the way back. When you move the seat up there is no problem. I is an optical illusion too as with the seat all the way back it sits neatly under your legs, I even have a leather cover to match it. It would be very simple to make one of these and I think there is a diagram to a similar one in a past post.