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workingonit · #4 03-01-2025, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bdc101

...They make small ones (fire extinguishers) to keep in your car and you could do the same thing if you were worried. I've never worried about vehicle fires in any car other than my old Death Rocket as I used to call it.

I guess I'm a bit more paranoid about vehicle fires than most; I've carried an extinguisher in all my vehicles since '86, in my '86 S10 pickup, and one in every vehicle I've owned ever since...sometimes two. I had two in

1) my '66 Chevelle drag car, one in the trunk, where the batteries and fuel cells coexisted, fearing a spark from the nearby Anderson quick-connect when charging between rounds, and one beside my shifter, and
2) my 4'x8' home-built camping trailer (squareback/Teardrop), with one in the cabin, and a second in the galley/storage area where the onboard generator was (with an external 4 gallon gravity-feed fuel tank).

I haven't used any in my vehicles, yet, but once used one to help control a fire in another campsite. I didn't like all the powder left on everything, but that's the type I am forced to use, as Halon fire extinguishers (I had two in my Chevelle, once) are now banned, and alternatives too expensive for my use (I'd need seven), though.

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