garygiles1963
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Worth a watch
Halon is banned now TP. I carry a large CO2 which would be good for something like this. AFFF is supposed to be pretty good for stopping re ignition, mainly on petrol fires.I still carry the Halon extinguisher I’ve had for, must be 20 years now, and still at full charge but I wonder how many drivers do actually carry one? Do they come as standard with new vehicles?
Agree... Just a small fire even. If its in the engine bay and its eaten into the wireing loom its good night Vienna. Imagine on a more modern Vehicle with its Ecu's and sensors, and computers..... What a mess!!Thinking about the 80 series (and earlier) models specifically, given the age they and the cost of repairing them I don’t think it would take much of a fire to write one off in the eyes of the insurance companies.
Was this flaming pig pat of a ritual or Hog roast, or did it just spontaneously combust. Im genuinely Interested.I can tell you that Co2 is effective outside. Not tried it in a force 9 gale admittedly but the flaming pig was outside and a squirt of CO2 from end to end put it out in seconds.
Brilliant .... Fond memories of the our old Rugby club hog roasts, A calamity of disasters.... As long as it got eaten up. Crackling and all. Always remember. turn gas OFF before shoving a thermometer up its arse.It was at a hog roast Higgy, for the private estate I lived on for many years. It was the first time we had somebody who was catering trained watch the pig. I built the hog roaster as an improved copy of one we hired but it could have been much better. It used a lot of gas and took about 7-8 hrs to slow cook a 100-120 lb pig but the result was delicious. Anyway, the chap stopped the rotation to put a meat thermometer in without turning the gas off and up it went.
We always had at least 2 CO2 extinguishers to hand and instructions given to use them but the fella must’ve panicked as they just pushed it out from the wooden shelter it was under.
Crackling was a bit overdone that year.