REFLECTOR: Fw: H3R Fire Extinguishers from Aircraft Spruce

[Brian Michalk]

I have one that I think has a plastic head.  It looks different than the 
one pictured.  It's halon.
Since I already have it, it doesn't present a danger, right?

Jim Agnew wrote:
> I don't know how many of you received the following ad, however, be 
> warned.  Don't use the plastic head ones, over time the plastic 
> weakens from high cockpit temperatures and I had the entire head blow 
> off. I found the head in the back of the plane and it had parted at 
> the cylinder junction.  There was no stress on the head and it 
> was mounted where it could not be bumped. 
>  
> After many years experience with fire extinguishers I will not use any 
> with plastic heads.
>  
> Jim
>  
> James F. Agnew
> Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
> Tampa, FL
> Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying