REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)

[Wayne Owens]

The replacement glass for a gas grill is tough enough but how do you cut it?
Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Balic" <alex157@direcway.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)


> You can get special quartz glass/Pyrex glass, that will withstand the heat
> that can be applied to it from the back of the firewall- I have a closed
> firebox fireplace that uses quartz glass in two large panels (about
> 18"x18")in the firebox doors and last winter, I built a fire so large in
> there that the steel log support crumpled and there was so much heat
inside
> that the IR actually almost set the shielded oak door handles on fire (
they
> were smoking profusely so I doused them before they ignited) these glass
> panels are now about 20 years old, and they see fire at least 10-15 times
> each year, no cracks, no distortion.
>
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Hiroo Umeno
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)
>
>
> Depending on the flight condition, the window breaking might shoot a
> column of flame right into the passenger compartment.  I believe the
> engine compartment has higher air pressure than the cabin.
>
> Hiroo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeffrey Clough
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:35 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)
>
> Guess it doesn't have to take that much heat under normal
> circumstances...ya
> want it to be able to verify there is NOT a fire back there...if there
> is a
> fire back there you are in bad shape regardless and then who cares about
> the
> little glass window!
>
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > > > Has anyone ever glassed in a small glass window in their firewall?
> >
> > > Now that is an interesting and KISS solution.
> >
> > Definitely! Guess you need to check with glass manufacturers to find
> some
> > that'll take a lot of heat.
> >
> > > Of course I'm always looking out the front window.....
> >
> > Good idea. But if the fire warning went off, this would sure give you
> confirmation.
> >
> > Dave Black
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