Automatic Fire Extinguishers In Motorhomes
This post is for motorhome owners.Fire is the major cause of motorhome loss. I am scared of fire, have been since I was nearly burned up with gasoline, at 9 years old. Two friends chased me down and put me out. There is no chasing down a burning motorhome and putting out the fire. That is why we need to be prepared.
Most coach fires are from gasoline, hot transmission fluid, and lp gas. I can see a fire that might start in my engine box because I have a glass cover. Most do not and can not see in there while going down the road. A fire could burn for a good amount of time without the driver knowing it. Automatic Halon fire extinguishers. They are temperature sensitive and go off at 286 degrees. We have the Fire Fight Halon extinguishers. Here is a pictorial of the installation in the engine box, refrigerator box, and the generator compartment. The electrical compartment is another good place to install one of the small units.
The first picture is how I figured out where to mount and drill the holes. I fitted it inside the engine box, by hand, then I held it on the other side of the step, with the mounts on, and drilled my 4 holes. Some coaches will have something in the way on this side so try the other side before you start rearranging things in the engine box.
The second picture is how the inside looks after mounting. If you have carpet you can cut a slit where you drilled the holes and force the heads of the bolts through so they don't show. I was not too concerned with that as we have a storage box that goes right in front of the bolt heads.
Here is the engine unit installed. Total time was 10 minutes. I did not have to rearrange anything in the engine box.
This is the unit that we installed in the refrigerator box. I held the unit where I wanted it, took it out of the mount, and drilled my 2 holes.
Here it is mounted. Total time, 5 minutes.
This is the generator compartment, easy install. The ss-25 mounts right on the face of the genny. I placed a piece of wood behind the face so I would not drill through anything I should not.
I loosened the brackets and held the unit where I wanted it mounted. With the bottom bolts out, I slipped the loose bracket over the face of the Onan, marked my holes. Make sure it is not going to hit the coach brace when you slide the Onan back in. Only drill the lower holes. None needed for the top as the bracket slips over the top of the metal and then tightened.
The ss-25 installed.It clears the frame of the coach. Without hand fitting it I would have been hitting that brace, or 2 rivets that come through the brace from the top. It needs to mount as low as possible to the crease in the face of the Onan. The braces slide so the holes in the Onan can be wherever you need them. With good drill bits you can also do this in 10 minutes.
As I sated in the beginning of this post, this is for motorhome owners. These units are mounted in our GMC coach. This gives me a sense of security going down the road. I run my generator while moving sometimes to use the roof air so I wanted this here. If you don't maybe you are not concerned about a generator fire.
We sell these units. if you have any questions just email me and put Fire in the title of your note.
The engine unit is 225.00.
The refer unit is 125.00.
The genny unit is 95.00.
If you have bought these and not installed them yet, you have no excuse now. This is as simple as it gets, pictures. Dan
gregg_dan at hotmail.com
posted by Dan & Teri Gregg @ 8:26 PM
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