My brother used to deal in Halon fire extinguishers for many years. Yep -
the EPA put a stop to all Halon extinguisher production except for fire
departments. Seems the Halon puts out fires but burns holes in the ozone.
To bad - the stuff is GOOD. If it still has pressure keep it around.
Phil
SEROC
-----Original Message-----
From: noji [SMTP:noji@snowman.med.umn.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 12:22 PM
To: roadsters
Subject: Re: electrical system questions
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
--
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
|