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Re: Safety equipment

To: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Subject: Re: Safety equipment
From: john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 11:08:35 -0500
Howdy, If you gotta use a 15, spend the extra $100 and get the 20...

At 10:15 AM 7/2/01, you wrote:
>Gene,
>      The suits rated as 15 or 20 aren't the ones that sell the most so you
>usually won't see them advertised, call and ask. Simpson and Deist both make
>them. As I understand it  a 15 rated suit gives you three times longer
>before you get burnt than a 5 rated suit. It's the time to get a fire team
>to you that makes us require the more protective suits.
>Jim
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gene Halvorson <ghalvorson@earthlink.net>
>To: Land speed newsgroup <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:15 AM
>Subject: Safety equipment
>
>
> > The rule book states that driver suits for vehicles over 175 mph must meet
> > SFI 3.2A/15.  In check my catalogs I see suits that are SFI 3.2A/1 and
>some
> > multi-layer suits that are SFI 3.2A/5 but nothing that is "/15".  So where
> > do I find a "/15" suit and is that better than a "/5"?
> > GH
> >
> >
> > --- Gene Halvorson


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