How important is it to strap down the fire extinguisher?

[Baby]

While getting on the gas coming out of a downhill 25-mph right turn at a semi-rural intersection I heard a mad hiss as the cabin filled with white clouds. Instantly blind, I immediately pushed in the clutch, killed the motor, and steered toward the guardrail. Took me a minute to figure out what was going on. The extinguisher rolled out from under the seat, and somehow the pin came out and the lever activated itself, fittingly, on a boring surrealist novel a friend had loaned me.

[PCA7GGR]

No real need to strap it down now.

[regency]

don't want that ting knockin you in the dome, whilst in dat corner, just sayin

1973 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

[OsoMoore]

The picture is upside down? Or did you roll it whilst in the fog?

[patssle]

I swear officer...it's not cocaine!

[Baby]

It was a reminiscent of a Cheech and Chong movie.

[kach22i]

Some mistakes you never make twice.

[NYNick]

Most PCA events REQUIRE the FE to be mounted metal to metal.
Guess you learned your lesson. Those DE tech guys were not doing their job.

[Clay.0]

That's no fun.

I bought this mount from Grainger for $9 and attached it to my roll bar to hold my $20 Kidde FE. For $29 there's no reason not to have one.



https://www.grainger.com/product/KIDDE-Fire-Extinguisher-Wall-Hanger-4T307?functionCode=P2IDP2PCP

[TheSt|G]

Make sure you get that cleaned completely. Dry chemical extinguishers facilitate rust.

[puddy]

Wow, could have been worse I guess, and a good lesson to learn! Good luck cleaning up that mess :/

[wildthing]

Ok. Now I don't feel as bad having to spend on the extinguisher AND mounts.

A quick Google search turned this up: How to clean up after a fire extinguisher discharge? - Safelincs.co.uk

Good luck.

Interestingly, this other site says Halotron requires no cleaning... And I have Halotron (I think). But I'm not going to try. http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-clean-up-fire-extinguisher-chemicals#b

[reachme]

"one of a kind powdercoated interior"

[82 SC]

I know that all too well
Took a coworker over to another building and went around the corner not that fast but I had some calibrated weights in the back with one seat folded down. The other side i had my fire extinguisher in the seat with some floor mats over it drying due to a leaky sunroof. Well after going around that corner the weights fell over on top of the mats with the extinguisher and it set it off. My friend screamed, I thought it was a fire and we pulled over and jumped out! I started to laugh out loud as it must have looked like a bad 80's movie with white powered going ever where! Lucky for me the nozzle was pointed in the seat crack and contained most of it and the mats also helped.

[ClickClickBoom]

My solution:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/730642-bk-extinguisher-mount.html
Uber-trick, spendy, but cooler than cool:
http://www.bkauto.com/R_9520_Quick_Release_Fire_Extinguisher_Mount_p/r-9520.htm
The real reason for having a secure quick release mounting system is so that you can get the extinguisher out and deployed without having to look for it.

[RichardNew]

I've seen 2 drivers killed by their fire extinguishers. In both cases the bottle broke lose in an accident and hit them in the head.


This is pretty bad. This owner has a death wish.


I like this much better.

Richard Newton

[RSBob]

Maybe the premise was wrong. Perhaps the car needs to be bolted to the extinguisher. Have an extra extinguisher, you may need another 911. It's all perspective

[gtc]

After having to clean up after a dry chemical extinguisher once, I decided to switch to Halon.

[SD Swede]

Someone once said:

"In school they would give you a lesson...and then you took a test.
In life we get tested...and then we learn the lesson."

I think it may have been my dad...
or John Wayne?

From experience, BEFORE, you get it "all cleaned up and nice" turn on, to highest settings, any fan operated device, a/c, defroster etc. No fun to have secondary activations!!

[douglas bray]

Big fan, Shop Vac, Air compressor w/inline dryer, new horse hair brush.

Do not get anything wet.