[VB] fire extinguishers

[Bob Wohl]

Or just let it roll around behind the drivers seat. ;)

I'm glad you were able to save you bus! A good friend just watched his 70
CB750 chopper burn to the ground last week. It kicked his ass more ways
than one putting it out w/o one.

Reminds me, the bug doesn't have one. I better get on that.


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:50 PM, J.W. Morris <dasbusking at gmail.com> wrote:

> David,
> I am very happy to hear that your bus was saved.  I would also like to
> point out that vehicle mounted dry powder fire extinguishers have a
> tendency to have the powder clump up in the bottom from  all of the road
> vibrations. It is a good practice to take your extinguisher out of its
> mount and shake the heck out of it occasionally to loosen up the powder.  I
> have added this task to my valve adjustment maintenance schedule. Also
> carry the biggest extinguisher you can reasonably fit, I read somewhere
> that you get 5 seconds of extinguisher time for each 5lbs of capacity. That
> is not much time even with a big extinguisher!
>
> Have a great day,
> J.W. Morris
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