Looking for recommendations for type of fire extinguisher and best locations to mount

Bring this back to the top, as of yesterday, I'm a big fan of the element fire extinguisher having seen an up close demonstration.

For the Expedition, this might be the best bang for the buck, and the easiest to carry around. A bit pricey, but I plan to order one for each of my 5 (currently) vehicles.

Bill S.

Is there some sort of increased fire risk with these expeditions?

Tmg115 said:

Is there some sort of increased fire risk with these expeditions?

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Not more than any other vehicle.

Bill S.

Tmg115 said:

Is there some sort of increased fire risk with these expeditions?

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Not that I found. There were a couple of recent fires in Expeditions but I didn't find any suggestion that our vehicles are more prone to fires than any other vehicle.

How about these?

I just bought a $20 one time disposable auto extinguisher at the box store and keep it in the door cup holder.

To minimize damage to electronics if you can find one, and if you can afford the price when you do, as they start at $ 144.00 and go well north of $ 500.00 depending on size and capacity. Halon is the choice I would make hands down. Just make sure you are upwind of the fire when you use it! Or get to open air, outside, as quickly as feasible after discharging one minimizing your exposure to the gas fire suppressor. It's a poison to humans, birds, and animals, fire too, anything that breathes oxygen! Dry Chemical Fire extinguishers, their chemical fire suppressor is very corrosive to metals, and wreak havoc on electronic connections, circuits, and circuit boards. A Dry Chemical fire extinguisher smothers the fire with a chemical suppressor. Halon and Co2 extinguishers replace the oxygen the fire needs to burn with a gas, (Halon, or Carbon Dioxide) that does not support combustion so starves the fire of the oxygen component. So, it depends also on where you may find the need to use one of these things. Halon, and Co2 are good for inside locations, garage, workshop, enclosed spaces. Dry chemical works in either location, inside or outside, and dry chemical would be the choice say for an engine fire. But if inside the vehicle, or an engine fire inside a garage, Halon or Co2 would be effective with far less potential for damage to the vehicle's electronics, sheet metal, etc. Unless the fire has totally engulfed the vehicle, then, I would throw whatever extinguisher I had in the middle of the blaze and run! Remember if it's too hot to stand next too in a T shirt, you are wasting your time, and possibly your life!

Since the majority of car fires start in the engine compartment, what about something like this that deploys automatically without risking burns from opening the front hood?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B095S3L4GT/ref=ewc_pr_img_2?smid=A1UD9PPO506EUL&psc=1

I actually read the ad and the reviews. This thing appears to be a joke imo. Just the wording in the ad was enough for me.

Used to race cars and we used Halon because it was mandated by the racing org to keep the track clean in the event you have a fire and also if you have a small oil fire on a header and use it, it will keep things clean.

In the case of a fire in a road car IMO halon is over kill. First off it does not work as well as a chemical type since its mainly a gas and needs close nozzles on the fire itself and works best with less outside air diluting it. If you have a fire in your car, especially electrical, the car is going to be a melted mess anyway so spraying some chemical that makes it messier wont make a difference.

In auto racing the cars have Halon with nozzles all over the place. The Fire Marshalls do not use halon because it cannot be applied effectively from a distance. For a daily driver if you plan to extinguish by hand a chemical is far better as it will work at a greater distance.