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Fire suppression system

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:14 am
by ar4me
I'm planning on putting in a fire suppression system. I want a system with electrical actuation as opposed to manual pull. I have been looking at the SPA technique, 4 liter, electrical actuation, with alu bottle:
http://www.spatechnique.com/product_pag ... E400-A|125
and the Sparco, 4 liter, electrical actuation, also with alu bottle: http://www.sparcoracing.com/Sparco-Fire ... -p140.html
The SPA may come with 6 nozzles as opposed to 4 with the Sparco, but the Sparco may have larger diameter alloy tubing (one shop claimed it would make a difference in release time). Both systems use the AFFF chemical: non-toxic, non-corrusive, bio-degradable, ... List price of the Sparco is higher, but in practice I can probably have it for same or slightly less.

Any thoughts on issues to watch out for?

I already spent the big bucks on a HANS device, and the fire suppression system is another must have safety feature for me. If in bad luck a little handheld home extinguisher is not worth much...

Jes

PS. Can't get the freakin codes for URLs to work...???

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:47 am
by Michael
Really? Check the Creating Links section of the faq.

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:05 am
by Zamani
Fixed for Jes. Note to other users. I will not edit posts other than when users complain of problems.

Edit: I think the pipe character is the problem. Regular expression issue?

Anyway, back to original topic.

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:26 am
by Mats
usually the ' character produce similar problems.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:23 am
by Barry
Why Jess ?? :D :D :D :D

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:29 pm
by ar4me
Yeah, well, I guess my wife still thinks I'm worth more alive than charred :shock: :lol: :lol: A few years older, she is probably concerned I'm not quite capable of the same exit speed through the window :lol: How do you think she let me buy a HANS device? :lol:

Joking aside, no one with fire suppression system in their car and some experience to share?

Jes

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:46 am
by Barry
Your right bud,a lot of us take this for granted..a puny extinguisher on the passenger footwell gives a lot of balls..

Good to see you doing it properly..and sorry,no experience with this..