David
What's a 61E? BTW I have a 61MX which was one of the last and with lower
front bodywork and nothing at the rear.
The only time I've used my fire extinguisher is in my modern Van Dieman FF
which has a plumbed in fire bomb. The handle has to be kept pulled for the
thing to keep working .... so you fry while your car gets the extinguisher.
The nozzles as it happened were pointing at the wrong place so the only
effect was to empty the cylinder. Luckily the fire truck arrved in time and
we made the last race!
Surely you guys aren't still using Halon? Its the same stuff that makes
HUGE holes in the ozone layer and guarantees the next generation will fry.
The rest of the civilised world ... ie Australia ... has banned the stuff.
regards
Jeremy Braithwaite
Age & Treachery Racing Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: David Lee Mericle <ok3wire@ixpres.com>
To: Christopher H.Kang, MD <chkangmd@qnis.net>
Cc: vintage-mailing list <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: ?regarding fire systems
>
> I rigged a standard halon fire bottle in my Lotus 61E F/F. I used an
> activation switch on the dash and nozzles from a fire system vender.
Tubing
> was from a home supply store.
>
> Strongly concur with comments from other racers about keeping the regular
> fire bottle if possible and plenty in the pits and tow vehicles.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
> "Christopher H.Kang, MD" wrote:
>
> > I'm going to replace my hand held extinguisher w a fire system, but
> > noticed the price of the "systems" is alot more than just the
> > extinguisher. Does anyone know if the standard Halon fire extinguisher
> > is essentially the "same thing" as the fire bottle systems except that
> > there's a pull pin instead of a handle squeeze pin?
> >
> > I've seen a fire bottle rigged up to use a cable which squeezes the
> > standard handles together to actuate the system with the usual tubing
> > attached to the dispersing nozzles, but didn't know if this is "kosher".
> >
> > christopher w an extra Halon extinguisher.
>
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