sailct41 wrote:
Halon displaces oxygen. When we used to use it at work we had to
evacuate
the room and then hit the Halon on the way out. If you were in there
they
always told us we would die. Might want to think about that. In the
Navy
we use AFFF and I was amazed how well that foam worked on oil fires.
Maybe
a firefighting boat builder can help with advice.
Scott
"Marshall Rice" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
writes
Any thoughts????
Avoid anything that leaves a residue - it's likely to wreck a
running
engine.
--
Marshall Rice
(Put the bin out to email me)
Here in the states halon is still legal, I beleave it's all recycled,
no new manufacturing. And in a small engine space that do not have
people in it it's not a problem. As far as the other types with the
powder, they will chew up a running engine. I had a fire on an old boat
of mine and put it out with a hand held unit. I ran back on the other
engine, and by the time we got back (40 miles at 6 knots) the other
engine had very little oil pressure. I had more damage to that engine
than I did to the one with the fire. With halon I would have had very
little damage, but my halon unit was automatic only, and it hadn't gone
off yet, and, when you see smoke and flames, you want to put it out as
soon as possible rather than sit back and wait and see how the halon
unit works (I ripped the hand held extinguisher right off the wall,
mounting bracket and all, when I went to grab it). If you go with a
halon unit, get it with a manual release as well.