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Originally Posted by Big Smoke
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I don't have RFTs on my vehicles, nor do I carry tire goo (Slime). But I do have fire extinguishers in all, including my homemade camping trailer (two extinguishers there). Slime says to store their product in a "cool, dry place", but what temperature extreme(s) fit that description?
The climate here in N.Texas usually reaches about 0-104F normally (the same operating temp range that Lenovo specifies for the tablet I use for Torque Pro), in my X5, mostly
Lenovo Tablet
but the temperature inside the X5 might conceivably tickle the upper range (140F), when parked in direct sun, no shade, on days when ambient temperature is 104-113 (possible here). I've seen 120F on my thermometer placed in the A/C vent (to monitor how cool the A/C airflow is).
I've also seen 158F, on a thermometer on the sunvisor inside my old '66 Chevelle, when dragracing in summer (a triple-black car, closed windows...per the rules..., 600+ hp engine with header tubes exhausting directly under the floorboards);
to make it worse, helmet and firesuit were making me even hotter than that. I removed the fire extinguisher from the car when in the pits, and took it back inside for every round, due to the extreme heat, following the manufacturer's (Kidde) advice "
Fire extinguishers can be kept in an automobile, RV, or trailer as long as temperatures do not fall outside of the range of -40 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit". However, in my five current vehicles (and trailer), I've stored the extinguishers wrapped in insulation and shielded from sunlight, so I doubt
they ever get to 120F+. The Chevelle didn't have much insulation, with a stock headliner and thin aftermarket carpet (over sheet metal) on the floor, but the other vehicles have quaruple the insulation.
I recently got an AstroAI jumpbox, that I carry with me in whatever vehicle I take (it goes in a small Milwaukee toolbag, along with phone charging cables and my Foxwell NT510E). My INPA laptop and other electronic/electrical specialty tools (in a "Laptop Sleeve Case Always-on Slim Hard Bag" inside another laptop briefcase) only go on extended trips. I know that leaving the jumpbox in the X5 fulltime would probably not be good for it, nor for the Foxwell, I don't risk either of them failing, in case the temperatures are too high.
AstroAI Jumpbox
Foxwell NT510 Elite
