Fred,
The extinguisher that I had is a old Halon unit. I've had it in the car
for 10 plus years. Purchased this type so I wouldn't have to clean up a
mess. I was just looking on the web this AM and am not sure if halon is
still marketed. Is this a CFC and thus bad for the ozone?
Dana
Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
>
> Speaking of power uses, I used an adapter to power my cell-phone on the way
> back from Shasta. I've got two sockets in my radio console plate - the
> stock cigarette lighter socket and a 12V accessory socket. We were at a
> McDonalds parking lot. I had a device in the accessory socket, and plugged
> the phone adapter in the cigarette lighter socket.
>
> All of a sudden a thick cloud of smoke started pouring from under the dash!
> Dana Nojima came running over with a fire extinguisher but I stopped him
> from using it while I yanked the wire off from behind the socket. (I didn't
> want to clean up after an extinguisher on my nice shiny dash.)
>
> Fred
> BADROC
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Dana Nojima, Ph.D.
Department of Urology
VA Medical Center - 112F
4150 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
phone: (415) 221-4810 x 2031
fax: (415) 750-6639
noji-1@pacbell.net
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