Fire Extinguisher
Discussion
Mine is pretty much where GreenV8S recommends in the post above...
There is plenty of room just in front of the drivers seat - effectively between your legs.
My view is that if it is on the rear shelf / bulkhead or behind the seat etc, it may as well be in the boot - by the time you can get hold of the thing it will probably be too late.
There is plenty of room just in front of the drivers seat - effectively between your legs.
My view is that if it is on the rear shelf / bulkhead or behind the seat etc, it may as well be in the boot - by the time you can get hold of the thing it will probably be too late.
Mine is just placed between driver's seat and sill, fits perfectly and doesn't move. You have to be careful putting it on the back shelf as they are not supposed to be subjected to heat above about 40-50 degrees which can easily be reached in a car on a hot day.
Last thing you want is to come back and find exploded fire extinguisher in the car!
Last thing you want is to come back and find exploded fire extinguisher in the car!
Al 450 said:
You have to be careful putting it on the back shelf as they are not supposed to be subjected to heat above about 40-50 degrees which can easily be reached in a car on a hot day.
I left a can of coke in the car in Italy one summer. As I approached the car I could see the alarm was going off. The can had exploded. It weren't funny driving back to the hotel sitting in coke, with it on the windscreen, steering wheel, dash etc etc. (at least I could take the roof off to stop the dripping on my neck)
If it was only 4 pounds, I'd buy another just to check they actually work.
Watch out for fire-extinguishers in cars, especially under the seat:
A few years ago I was on an Army exercise, driving in a Land-rover from A to B. Well, someone else was actually driving, but I digress.
Heading down the motorway at something very similar to the Army-mandated speed limit of 50 or 60 when the whole landrover filled with white smoke in a second. Somehow the driver managed to pull over to the hard shoulder and we jumped out, expecting to see great flames.
Turned out, I had somehow managed with my big feet to knock the "safety catch" off the extinguisher in the passenger footwell- and the powder had gone EVERYWHERE. We were eating white powder in our meals for the whole exercise...
These days I keep a powder extinguisher in the garage, but given the mess it made, I'd only ever want to use it on an enormous fire!
Watch out for fire-extinguishers in cars, especially under the seat:
A few years ago I was on an Army exercise, driving in a Land-rover from A to B. Well, someone else was actually driving, but I digress.
Heading down the motorway at something very similar to the Army-mandated speed limit of 50 or 60 when the whole landrover filled with white smoke in a second. Somehow the driver managed to pull over to the hard shoulder and we jumped out, expecting to see great flames.
Turned out, I had somehow managed with my big feet to knock the "safety catch" off the extinguisher in the passenger footwell- and the powder had gone EVERYWHERE. We were eating white powder in our meals for the whole exercise...
These days I keep a powder extinguisher in the garage, but given the mess it made, I'd only ever want to use it on an enormous fire!
If a dry powder extinguisher goes off inside the car you practically destroy the interior even if it puts the fire out, because the powder gets into every nook and cranny and you'll never it all out, it'll be blowing around for ever after. That's if it actually works and hasn't compacted. AFFF is the stuff to use inside a car.
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