[Fot] Mounting position for Haylon

[Tony Drews]

Halon has no powder, it's an inert gas that is pretty much no longer 
manufactured.  It's still obtained by pulling it from other 
decomissioned fire systems.  We used it as fire suppressant in a 
computer room I was in charge of years ago.  To test the system they did 
an actual Halon dump.  Very impressive.  It chemically reacts with the 
fire to put it out, totally different than the usual powder based 
systems.  For computers, awesome stuff since it doesn't destroy the 
machinery.

Tony

On 4/17/2018 4:18 PM, Rocky Entriken via Fot wrote:
> Mine is horizontal. Seemed to fit well in the footwell of my Spitfire.
> But yow! Been in there since 2005? While it’s out of the car, you 
> should really have it checked and refilled. The powder in the bottle 
> can cake over time and even if the gauge shows green, you pull the 
> handle and nothin’ happens. Find any fire and emergency equipment 
> supplier in your yellow pages and take the bottle to them. They’ll 
> check it out, reload it, hang a new tag on it. It’s something that 
> should be done every couple of years or so – ask them how often when 
> you take it in, but I guarantee 13 years is too long!
> They can probably give you the best answer as far as mounting it too, 
> as long as you’re in their neighborhood.
> --Rocky Entriken
> *From:* Mike Harmuth via Fot
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:26 PM
> *To:* FoTTriumph
> *Subject:* [Fot] Mounting position for Haylon
> I just pulled the Haylon, plumbed in fire extinguisher, along with all 
> the other stuff bolted to the floor in my Spitfire to do some touch up 
> painting. It's been in the car since I bought it in 2005 and is still 
> good (unscrewed the bottle and checked the cable pull as well). My 
> question is, how should it be mounted? It's currently horizontal, 
> which makes me think it's going to discharge liquid if I ever have to 
> use it. Should it be mounted vertically or it it designed to dump 
> liquid out which will then vaporize and push out the air, 
> strangulating the fire?
>
> Google is no help, all I get are ads for green replacement type systems.
>
> thanks
> mike h
>
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