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Old 25th February 2015, 09:23
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Cheers guys.

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Originally Posted by reneanglia View Post
only one advice,loose the powder extinguishers.
They may be cheap but are totally useless,you can't put out more fire as a lighter and if it goes off by accident it will destroy all electrics,alloy connectors and more.
For a car fire you should use a Halon extinguisher or another non agressive agent and at least a 2kg bottle.
When a powder bottle went off by accident in one of our trucks at work there was so much damage the truck(2 years old)was a total loss.....
René
Hi René, thank you so much for sharing that, i never knew and i'll certainly rethink the extinguisher before i go much further!!
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