Fire Extinguishers - whose got 'em
 

It's that time for me, I've got a Joe's Racing roll bar mount and below is the fire extinguisher I've picked out. Supposedly won't leave any powder or residue behind and is good for electronics but would be interested in any input or experience others have had. Thanks!

I believe that is the same one that I have in TOW. I have a pair of them installed. I had to use it once when I had oil on the headers from a valve cover leak. It worked well, didn't leave a big mess. Based on my one experience, I would recommend it...

Funny timing here--I just bought one the other day. It was under the counter at Autozone, screaming at me for the last eight years that I've been fumbling through dangerous projects on my Falcon, repeatedly lighting things like oily rags, puddles of fuel, painted metal, and wooden drilling blocks on fire with my welder. I even had a water heater burst into flames earlier in the year, but did nothing but replace the heater. It was time for an extinguisher. It's still in the box, on the garage floor . . .

Oddly, I bought a propane torch in the same week . . .:twak:

that fire extinguisher is on my passenger seat and trunk. I saved a guys car at good guys using it and it left ZERO residue.

Just the answers I was looking for, thanks guys!

Rustomatic - WOW! I don't even know what to say...except it sounds like you need to get that thing outta the box and keep it close by! :lol::weld::fire:

I keep one of the solid extinguishers, small size, in each of our vehicles and a large size in my garage, in addition to traditional abc dry powder bottles in the garage. They have a few videos on YouTube if you haven’t seen them used before.

https://elementfire.com

Nice love this ... follow up question anyone have a recommended bar mountings clamp set ?

I have 2 of these:

Scott Drake Fire Extinguisher Mount

They work well, are easy to release. They are only made in one "direction", meaning that you cannot select which way the knob points. So on one side the mount is positioned with the knob on the bottom instead of the top. Otherwise the knob would be pointed at the rear seat and not very convenient to use.

I like them. They can rattle just a little, so I rotated it on the bar such that the extinguisher touches the rear seat. This can keep enough pressure on the extinguisher to prevent the mount from rattling.

You need some band clamps to attach the mount to the bar, and the the extinguisher to the mount. I ordered 2 boxes of 10 stainless clamps from Amazon and they worked great.

Small Band Clamps

Larger Band Clamps

I cannot find any pictures of them mounted at the moment, and the car isn't here for me to take one..

Here's the one I went with. Joe's Racing. They make one with 1 5/8" roll bar mount so it's perfect for DSE roll bars. It's a quality made piece and can mount on either side.

Scott drake mounts

Shane... what did you end up doing here? Any pictures?

I have the Scott Drake ones in the cars but found this for under the hood. Won't leave residue and principle is sound I think.

Blaze cut
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1gHaeHFrWf/

The "Halon" type fire extinguisher, like the one at the top of this thread, won't leave any powder residue when used. But aim good, because they don't last very long.

Hey Curtis, I ended up going with this setup and couldn’t be happier with it. Would’ve liked to have a larger capacity extinguisher but couldn’t spare the room inside the car. I plan on mounting another on to on the roll bar down tubes in the trunk. May not be the easiest to access in all situations but at least it’d be there as an option. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cc8dcb5f50.jpg


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Go with the Element extinguishers. They never go bad, leave no residue, and you can get them with a very large capacity.

The main, it should be a powder fire extinguisher

That's a cool deal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBjXecsF860

I must’ve missed the Element extinguishers post until John just put the link up there but after watching some videos, that’s very impressive, especially considering you have 50 seconds of use in a super small package! I just ordered their E50 along with their roll bar mount. I’ll keep the other one I already have but won’t hurt to have an extra. Now I just need to find a mount for a pack of hot dogs and marshmallows! :relax:

I’m planning on buying one of the H3R Performance Halguard fire extinguishers also to replace a large 5 lb extinguisher I keep behind my seat.

Has anyone actually used an Element E50 for real or for training? I would hate to try a new technology extinguisher and find out it doesn’t work as advertised when I most need it on my Camaro. I asked a Fire Chief what he thought about it and he’d never heard about them. I feel it would be a good backup for the Halguard.

Here’s what mine looks like...I mounted it to the roll bar right above my head so it’s easy access. You don’t even notice it’s there unless you’re bent down, looking up. I went ahead and kept my 2.5lb’er mounted between the door and driver’s seat...I figured it couldn’t hurt and you never know when you or someone else might need the extra help!