I have a question about fire extinguishers I hope you guys can answer....

I asked the people at the local hardware store regarding extinguishers. They agreed and said that it's good to have one in a car. Then I asked them if extinguishers can handle the interior temps from the sun etc.....they just said ".....um...."


So, my question is, can an extinguisher be put into a car without doing something like failing and/or exploding from the interior temperatures from the sun?

 

I don't know for sure. But i have seen alot of them in other peoples cars.. Even some really high dollor one. So I don't think they would be in them cars if there was a chance of it blowing up.

 

i have one in my camaro that i bought from a local auto store and it hasn't blown up. but other than that i wouldn't let direct sunlight beat down on them, but i have no idea of their intended temperature range.

 

if they are made to withstand fire... then i would sure hope they can with stand the heat of the sun

 

Yeah, i don't think sun on the extinguishers is good at all , but like Jay said, there are many expensive cars with extinghuishers as well. But I think I'll just go with it. Always better to be safe than sorry

 

i had one in my pickup truck for years without a problem.

 

I have one in my bird its been in there for months and no problems. I bought one of the chrome ones.

 

maybe i'll try one of those extinguishers at those car places....I assume that hey are made for cars???? haha

 

yea there should be no problem there was one in my fathers Jeep for as long as i can remember and it wasnt even one of the ones bought from the auto store. I want to put one in my car but am not sure where to mount it, where is everyone putting theirs?

 

When I first bought my car, it had an extinguisher on the dash. I snatched that real quick.. it was **** and what not, but the car sat for quite a while prior to that. That says a lot about the extinguisher. I live in El Paso Texas, the nickname for this town is "The Sun City". Needless to say its hot 90% of the year here, so if it didn't pop here, the only greater test might be phoenix. This was one of those single use extinguishers..

 

Hey thanks for all the hints and tips everyone

 

I used to have mine on the a-pillar but it put too much stress on the plastic pillar and made it sag.

 

i had one ziped tied to the a-pillar and when i took a sharp turn the dang thing broke and shot everywhere in my car... it got pined on full throttle. white powder'ed smoked all over my car... the hardest mess to clean.. and it will eat threw wires if left on for a long time... but then agian i just zip'ed tied them on for looks. but it really went off. man.. man... bad memrioes.

 

P.S. i got mine from Home Depot there all the same.. (A.B.C)

 

I need to get one .Wheres the best place to buy one

 

a home improvment store... auto stores are way to pricey a chrome one at schucks is 50$ and u can get a pack of two at home depot or lowes for 15$(stick one in your car and one in your house.)