Fire Extinguishers - whose got 'em - Lateral-g Forums

Gmachine1911 · #1 12-12-2018, 08:38 PM

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!

carbuff · #2 12-13-2018, 11:24 AM

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...

rustomatic · #3 12-13-2018, 09:18 PM

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 . . .

randy · #4 12-13-2018, 10:07 PM

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.

Gmachine1911 · #5 12-13-2018, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by carbuff

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 leaked. It worked well, didn't leave a big mess. Based on my one experience, I would recommend it...

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Originally Posted by rustomatic

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 . . .

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Originally Posted by randy

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!

Dannnn · #6 12-16-2018, 03:14 AM

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

**Spiffav8** · #7 10-29-2019, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Gmachine1911

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!

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

booah · #8 10-30-2019, 04:12 AM

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/

Gmachine1911 · #9 11-10-2019, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Spiffav8

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

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.

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b17brian · #10 05-18-2020, 04:15 PM

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.