Fire Extinguisher

Picked up a good condition 2kg foam extinguisher today, just trying to
figure out where to fit it.

My Disco is a pretty standard 5 door 7 seater, and I'd like not to impinge
into either the passenger space or the load space much.

Options I can see are:

1) Mounted in the void under one of the front seats - probably the passenger
seat with the actuator handle towards the front of the car. The downsides
with this include things like the potential for the extinguisher to be
damaged/set off by a fidgeting passenger - non ideal really.

2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher lined
up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking about using
Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with velcro straps
around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it launch off
its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard.

3) Mounted on the panel on the roof slope where the map pockets are. This
has the downside of providing a large, metal obstruction for rear seat
passengers to headbutt.

I'm leaning towards 2) but would like any opinions on why this is a dumb
idea.

If I go for that then I'm planning on mounting a 2D maglite to one side of
the extinguisher.

P.

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In my series 3 I have it on the bulkhead in front of the gearshift on the
opposite side to the VIN plate

I am going to put another one in the back as well, cos when I am using that
area for camping I am not going to be able to reach the front.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Mr.Nice." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Twas Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:56:51 +0100 when "Paul S. Brown"
> <[email protected]> put finger to keyboard producing:
>
> >Picked up a good condition 2kg foam extinguisher today, just trying to
> >figure out where to fit it.
> >
> >My Disco is a pretty standard 5 door 7 seater, and I'd like not to
impinge
> >into either the passenger space or the load space much.
> >
> >Options I can see are:
> >
> >1) Mounted in the void under one of the front seats - probably the
passenger
> >seat with the actuator handle towards the front of the car. The downsides
> >with this include things like the potential for the extinguisher to be
> >damaged/set off by a fidgeting passenger - non ideal really.
> >
> >2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher
lined
> >up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking about
using
> >Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with velcro
straps
> >around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it launch off
> >its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard.
> >
> >3) Mounted on the panel on the roof slope where the map pockets are. This
> >has the downside of providing a large, metal obstruction for rear seat
> >passengers to headbutt.
> >
> >I'm leaning towards 2) but would like any opinions on why this is a dumb
> >idea.
> >
> >If I go for that then I'm planning on mounting a 2D maglite to one side
of
> >the extinguisher.
> >
> >P.
>
> On my 110 I have one extinguisher in the passenger footwell on the
> seat-box and one inside the back door.
>
> If you fear a fidgety passenger then perhaps a simple wooden cover
> will keep their fingers off.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)
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Paul S. Brown wrote:

> Picked up a good condition 2kg foam extinguisher today, just trying to
> figure out where to fit it.
>
> My Disco is a pretty standard 5 door 7 seater, and I'd like not to impinge
> into either the passenger space or the load space much.
>
> 2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher
> lined up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking about
> using Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with velcro
> straps around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it
> launch off its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard.
>


OK - I've done this now.

I'm using a friction lock belt to stop it escaping, but other than that it's
pretty much as described. Doesn't impinge into the load area at all, or
inconvenience any passengers in the jump seats.

I've also got a 2D maglite mounted on the flat bit beside the lock release -
I'll probably have to remount that as I could only find one clip the right
size and if the shops around here are anything to go by the Maglite is
dying as a concept - they are all carrying the 2D, Mini and Solitaire and
nothing else - no bulbs, no clips - no nothing.

P.
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Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

> > 2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher
> > lined up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking
about
> > using Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with
velcro
> > straps around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it
> > launch off its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard.
> >
>
>
> OK - I've done this now.
>
> I'm using a friction lock belt to stop it escaping, but other than that
it's
> pretty much as described. Doesn't impinge into the load area at all, or
> inconvenience any passengers in the jump seats.
>
Make sure it is VERY firmly fastened down, in the event of a hard frontal
colision, if will kill anyone it hits if it breaks loose.

Personally I would say mount it somewhere else. I picked up a car once, that
had a bass box in the boot, fastened to the boot floor. It had been in a
crash, and the box had come through the back seat, ripping it from its
mounts, and had gone into the back of the front seats. I imagine it weighed
about the same as a fire extinguisher.

> I've also got a 2D maglite mounted on the flat bit beside the lock
release -
> I'll probably have to remount that as I could only find one clip the right
> size and if the shops around here are anything to go by the Maglite is
> dying as a concept - they are all carrying the 2D, Mini and Solitaire and
> nothing else - no bulbs, no clips - no nothing.
>
Maglights are dying a death now all the LED lamps have come out.

SimonJ wrote:

>> > 2) Mounted on the upper surface of the tailgate with the extinguisher
>> > lined up in the area blacked out by the spare wheel - I was thinking
> about
>> > using Acme screws into the door body to hold the bracket along with
> velcro
>> > straps around the body of the extinguisher itself to avoid having it
>> > launch off its mounts in a shunt/launching the car and landing hard.
>> >
>>
>>
>> OK - I've done this now.
>>
>> I'm using a friction lock belt to stop it escaping, but other than that
> it's
>> pretty much as described. Doesn't impinge into the load area at all, or
>> inconvenience any passengers in the jump seats.
>>
> Make sure it is VERY firmly fastened down, in the event of a hard frontal
> colision, if will kill anyone it hits if it breaks loose.
>
> Personally I would say mount it somewhere else. I picked up a car once,
> that had a bass box in the boot, fastened to the boot floor. It had been
> in a crash, and the box had come through the back seat, ripping it from
> its mounts, and had gone into the back of the front seats. I imagine it
> weighed about the same as a fire extinguisher.

It is very firmly fastened - the bracket's bolted through the inner skin of
the door and the extinguisher is lashed into the bracket with a cargo strap
that I can hang my not inconsiderable weight from - for a 2KG extinguisher
to exert as much strain on it as I can it would need to be a 60G
deceleration - I'm unlikely to care much at that point as I'm not proof to
60Gs.

I did actually have much the same thoughts as you were having which is why
it's a bit better lashed in than It would have been.

It's really in the only vaguely useful place I could find - I carry a lot of
very large passengers (averages between 6'3" and 6'8") and anywhere else I
put it would have lost me a passenger which isn't really an option.

As for Maglites dying due to LED lamps - I'll stop using the Mag when the
LED lamps have a beam half as good as the one from the Mag - not likely any
time soon I think.

P.

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Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

>
>As for Maglites dying due to LED lamps - I'll stop using the Mag when the
>LED lamps have a beam half as good as the one from the Mag - not likely any
>time soon I think.
>
>P.

And try defending yourself against a mugger with an LED head-torch.
My 4-cell Maglite is a very comforting companion on a dark night....


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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:58:09 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>
>>As for Maglites dying due to LED lamps - I'll stop using the Mag when the
>>LED lamps have a beam half as good as the one from the Mag - not likely any
>>time soon I think.
>>
>>P.
>
>And try defending yourself against a mugger with an LED head-torch.
>My 4-cell Maglite is a very comforting companion on a dark night....

You can get a fantastic swing with a 6-D. I love mine to bits, and
that and the 4-D have lasted longer than any other torch I've ever
had. The 4-D even survived someone using it to smash the windows and
puting dents into my 101.

Alex

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:37:53 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:58:09 +0100, Tim Hobbs
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>As for Maglites dying due to LED lamps - I'll stop using the Mag when the
>>>LED lamps have a beam half as good as the one from the Mag - not likely any
>>>time soon I think.
>>>
>>>P.
>>
>>And try defending yourself against a mugger with an LED head-torch.
>>My 4-cell Maglite is a very comforting companion on a dark night....
>
>You can get a fantastic swing with a 6-D. I love mine to bits, and
>that and the 4-D have lasted longer than any other torch I've ever
>had. The 4-D even survived someone using it to smash the windows and
>puting dents into my 101.
>
>Alex

These are pretty good

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