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Halon systems?
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:18 pm
by foofer b
Anyone have a Halon system? Any caveats, maintenance???
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:31 pm
by alexander38
pull the bottle and weigh it, to see if it's still full.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:38 pm
by turtlem1969
have your local fire extinguisher guy come out and check it 1-2 times a year, it doesn't cost much and you'll have the peace of mind that an expert has checked and recertified it.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:05 pm
by alexander38
I can agree with you on that. but it's getting hard in some places to get someone to mess with Halon. They want to sell you the new best thing. Up here I've called 4 of them and they won't mess with me. So I just fell by on the Navy PM System, look for rust, fusible link and weight.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:33 pm
by MTP
halon works..........liberal tree hugging does not.......you decide
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:22 am
by alexander38
no fight from me on that, seen it snuff a diesel engine and switch board fire on a tin-can I was on.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:09 am
by k9th
My Tri-cabin has a halon system and I do what Tony does - just weigh it.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:55 pm
by randyp
Ditto to that. I check weight and beginning of each season, and also the little dial gauge (which I don't trust). So far, no weight loss in over 8-9 years since I installed it. It's also wired into a detector that will glow red if it discharges when I'm not around....which may be a good thing anyway....I've seen a few boat fires in my time......something I'd like me and my family to miss.
I have one as well
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:31 pm
by BobCT
mine is original to the boat (1988) and I called Xintex who suggested I go to the Post office since they have certified scales.
Mine was within the spec so I left it at that. I also have the LED indicator at the helm.
Bob
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:43 pm
by aweimer
k9th wrote:My Tri-cabin has a halon system and I do what Tony does - just weigh it.
I am looking at this for my Tri-Cabin, where did you install it? How many?
One per side?
With the engines under the burths its tough to figure should i put one large bottle in the shared space along the transome or should i have one smaller bottle on each side forward of the engines mounted on the front of the burths?
Let me know, very interested in this.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:38 am
by turtlem1969
My tri-cabin has one in each engine space, not 100% sure thats original, but it makes a little better sense to have them directly in the "engine room" then in the space behind them. imo