[Fot] Mounting position for Haylon

[Bill Tobin]

Rocky, a couple things:
Isn't Haylon pretty noxious?
I use an AFFF system. Last year I got some solid info from Pegasus about useful life of the system. They told me it was recommended to replace the bottle's mixture every three years. You can do it yourself for about $60. Cheap insurance.
A friend set off his AFFF system by accident; said there was foam everywhere!
Cheers, Bill
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rocky Entriken via Fot 
  To: Mike Harmuth ; FoTTriumph 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 5:18 PM
  Subject: Re: [Fot] Mounting position for Haylon


  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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