"Swept away" writes:
Are we being fleeced in GB. Manufactures are charging 4 times the price
of
Halon gas for replacing all extinguishers with environmental safe gas
FM200
by the 1st January because of EEC regulations.
snip

No, it is an attempt to eliminate halon and reduce the world ozone problem.

SFWIW, halon is about the only thing you can use on an oil platform located
in the Artic.

10 years ago, sold a lot of fire detection equipment for one of these
installations.

Was told by my customer, an oil company, that if they ever had to use the
halon, the fine would be $500,000 and over $1,000,000 within 5 years.

Just curious.

Why bother with a halon system on a 34 ft boat?


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures

Maybe he sails outta sight of land and can't carry enuf boxes of
baking soda ??


On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:21:59 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:


"Swept away" writes:
Are we being fleeced in GB. Manufactures are charging 4 times the price
of
Halon gas for replacing all extinguishers with environmental safe gas
FM200
by the 1st January because of EEC regulations.
snip

No, it is an attempt to eliminate halon and reduce the world ozone problem.

SFWIW, halon is about the only thing you can use on an oil platform located
in the Artic.

10 years ago, sold a lot of fire detection equipment for one of these
installations.

Was told by my customer, an oil company, that if they ever had to use the
halon, the fine would be $500,000 and over $1,000,000 within 5 years.

Just curious.

Why bother with a halon system on a 34 ft boat?

"Lew Hodgett" wrote
Was told by my customer, an oil company, that if they ever had to use the
halon, the fine would be $500,000 and over $1,000,000 within 5 years.

In the US the ban is on manufacture and non emergency release of
Halons. From the EPA regs:

"(6) This prohibition does not apply to the emergency release of
Halons for the legitimate purpose of fire extinguishing, explosion
inertion, or other emergency applications for which the equipment or
systems were designed."

So if you presently possess Halon extinguishing equipment in the US,
its use is not illegal. Turns out only 18% of Halon releases were
from activated equipment, 82% was being released during testing,
maintenance and disposal of equipment.