I carry a 5lb ABC and a 20lb ABCD extingushers in my truck. Then again I'm a
trained firefighter and I carry my gear in the back....
Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
> Trust me if my car or truck was burning i'd ne able to walk on water LOL.
>
> Jeff Durling
> '96 RC Sport
>
> p.s. I wasn't trying to rattle anybodies cage just giving an opinion.
>
> The Man From Utopia wrote:
>
> > > I know an air conditioning man when a chemistry degree..don't
> > > ask. Anyway he
> > > agrees with what you say about R-12 and has something to add
> > > about R-13a. It's
> > > an explosive and very easy to get it to do its thing to. He told
> > > me if an air
> > > compressor ever failed and started to heat up it blow up a car
> > > like a bomb. I
> > > don't have any proof about this but it did give me something to
> > > think about.
> > > BTW, if R-12 is so bad why is the auto industry the only industry
> > > that uses it
> > > having to use something else. Youo can't tell me that all of
> the home and
> > > commercial a/c systems and the factories that use and even all of
> > > the refrig's
> > > that use it don't leak it. Just another opinion.
> > >
> > > Jeff durling
> > > '96 RC Sport
> >
> > Just for the record...when R-12(Freon) burns it produces phosgene gas as
> > it's byproduct. Think Cyanide or Chorine gas is bad news,
> phosgene is just
> > as worse. Had a couple of firefighters one time fighting a car
> fire and the
> > wind shifted and they got a face full of the stuff, next thing
> you know we
> > were pumping on 4 firefighters chests to keep them alive. Also
> on that note
> > if you ever see a newer car burning stay away from the
> immediate front and
> > rear. I've witnessed the bumpers go about a mile down the road
> when the gas
> > shocks for the bumpers let loose. Bottom line is if your car or truck is
> > burning get far and away, let the professionals put it out.
> >
> > Greg
> > 95 DSCC v6 5spd
> > Rahway NJ
>
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