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zz28zz 12-09-2024 04:59 PM


Originally Posted by Sydwayz (Post 4916023)
https://www.westmarine.com/west-advi...inguisher.html

I actually have two of these Blue Elide Fire Balls in my racecar to protect me incase I am knocked out in a crash, that also catches on fire. Such happened to a racer in NJ a few years go; which is why I invested. He was knocked out, and the fire was so intense, safety workers could not reach into pull the fire suppression system trigger. It took another race, fully clothed with balaclava, helmet, suit, and gloves to reach in, pull fire suppression, and get him out of the car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwSTqeK8DJQ

Back in the 80's when they started banning cigarette smoking on airliners, people would try to sneak a smoke in the lavatory then throw the butt in the garbage starting a fire. The trash receptacles had a small round stand-alone fire extinguisher that used either CO2 or Halon, can't remember which but they worked very well in an enclosed environment.

ICDEDPPL 12-09-2024 06:10 PM


Originally Posted by DRAG (Post 4916024)
I did an Ozark trip one year with a Honda 2000 on my Formula 27pc. Ran it on the swim platform and I was paranoid about fumes the whole time....and honestly it was fine. It was all it could do to run my little AC and you'd get about 6 hours out of the tank of gas. Carrying the generator and any gas is the worst part. Just wasn't for me.

After that trip I put in a new Kohler 7.5 and it worked well for the summer. At 67 hours developed a code that would shut it down 15 seconds after it started and I chased fixing it with Kohler for all of the next year, dumping thousands into service techs, replacing electronics, replacing everything. In the end they said the generator was bad and needed replaced...but my warranty was no good because the business I purchased it from had since gone under. It was a cluster F.

I just stay in hotels now F it.


Were you staying on the water overnight?

99.9% of the time we stay in marinas and they all have power so it`s never an issue but now that I have room it would be nice to keep the cabin cool and Ive been wanting to stay at Chambers Island overnight. It`s such a beautiful spot.



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