Medskipper
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Just looking around for some engine room extinguishers, diesel engines. 37 foot boat. Has anyone found a good replacement to halon at a reasonable price?
Barry
Barry
Engine Room Fire extinguishers
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alldownwind
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www.firemaster.co.uk were still doing a trade-in on Halon in PX for Halon replacement a few months ago.
rwakeham
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I bought one from Compass24.com - price seemed ok.
shamrock
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Firemaster make an auto extinguisher called GTFE. The largest is 2kg, suitable for up to, I think, 3.5m3 engine spaces.
About £200 in the chandleries but I got mine for £155 from www.safelincs.co.uk and fitted it today. They also do a 1kg and 1.5kg at proportionately lower prices.
You can get much cheaper auto powder ones but if they go off and powder is drawn into the engine, you have big trouble, I'm led to believe.
About £200 in the chandleries but I got mine for £155 from www.safelincs.co.uk and fitted it today. They also do a 1kg and 1.5kg at proportionately lower prices.
You can get much cheaper auto powder ones but if they go off and powder is drawn into the engine, you have big trouble, I'm led to believe.
chouchou
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Do u really want to fit an automatic system to the engine room. I suggest if the engine room space is less than 4.5 m3 a 5Kg CO2 extinguisher would be suitable with a slot in the boundary with a keyhole type metal closure so the CO2 can be fired into space without need for opening space. I am of the firm opinion the skipper of the vessel should determiine if the fixed installtion is released or not. False activation on a lee shore would be dangerous.
Csail
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chouchou , carry two good anchors and stay off shore when the engine is on fire!
On a real note, i would go for auto...all really depends on the vessel.ie. access,would you know there was a fire etc.I would have thought a gas detector was the first priority followed by bilge level alarm then auto CO2 around the main switch panel.That is the most common fire cause.
On a real note, i would go for auto...all really depends on the vessel.ie. access,would you know there was a fire etc.I would have thought a gas detector was the first priority followed by bilge level alarm then auto CO2 around the main switch panel.That is the most common fire cause.
jcmmarine
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Be careful, it can be a Catch 22 on a large twin turbo engined cruiser.
Unless the system, when activated, shuts down the engines then they can snaffle the extinguishing gas faster than it can put out the fire. Also they have big air inlets to feed the engines that can also let any extinguisher gas escape when engines are stopped.
Check with your insurace, a proffesionaly designed and/or fitted automated system may be expensive but, for a large twin turbo charged cruiser it can be prudent and cut insurance costs.
John
Unless the system, when activated, shuts down the engines then they can snaffle the extinguishing gas faster than it can put out the fire. Also they have big air inlets to feed the engines that can also let any extinguisher gas escape when engines are stopped.
Check with your insurace, a proffesionaly designed and/or fitted automated system may be expensive but, for a large twin turbo charged cruiser it can be prudent and cut insurance costs.
John
Sui Generis
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Do you have temp alarms and smoke alarms fitted?
If not would you be aware that there is a fire?
If yes to those, then I agree. If not, automatic????
If not would you be aware that there is a fire?
If yes to those, then I agree. If not, automatic????
Sui Generis
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Any engineroom gas extinguishing system will struggle/not work if the vents are open.
I sail; don't have a MOBO, but I would like to think that if I did I would have a system that told me about the fire first, before I deployed what is at the end of the day a make or break decision - and have a chance to shut the E/R vents!
On a sail boat the engine space is small and a fire could go go undetected - and at the end of the day we have sails as a back-up.
I sail; don't have a MOBO, but I would like to think that if I did I would have a system that told me about the fire first, before I deployed what is at the end of the day a make or break decision - and have a chance to shut the E/R vents!
On a sail boat the engine space is small and a fire could go go undetected - and at the end of the day we have sails as a back-up.
brianrunyard
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That's all very well, but would know there was a fire early enough to do somethin about it.
My insurance company insist on an automatic in the engine bay.
My insurance company insist on an automatic in the engine bay.
