I rigged a standard halon fire bottle in my Lotus 61E F/F. I used an
activation switch on the dash and nozzles from a fire system vender. Tubing
was from a home supply store.
Strongly concur with comments from other racers about keeping the regular
fire bottle if possible and plenty in the pits and tow vehicles.
Cheers,
Dave
"Christopher H.Kang, MD" wrote:
> I'm going to replace my hand held extinguisher w a fire system, but
> noticed the price of the "systems" is alot more than just the
> extinguisher. Does anyone know if the standard Halon fire extinguisher
> is essentially the "same thing" as the fire bottle systems except that
> there's a pull pin instead of a handle squeeze pin?
>
> I've seen a fire bottle rigged up to use a cable which squeezes the
> standard handles together to actuate the system with the usual tubing
> attached to the dispersing nozzles, but didn't know if this is "kosher".
>
> christopher w an extra Halon extinguisher.
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