Another Unique fire extinguisher

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by roadtrip

What a ****ing moron.

[Twoxentrix]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

What a ****ing moron.

Still laughing at your response!

[roadtrip]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

What a ****ing moron.

Yep, a Darwin Award candidate for sure.

His kid has more sense!

[dig255]

What a ****ing moron.

He is only copying the as advertised video showing that the charge is not harmful and as you see he wasn't. But ya I'm not doing that.
As far as detonation the manufacturer states

.Will the ball activate if in contact with heat?
No, the ball can withstand heat of up to 200 degrees and will not activate. The ball self-activates only when in contact with open flames

Says must contact open flame it is just fire works fuse to ignite it, but high heat may effect product. Would be interesting to see someone put it in a controlled heat oven to see what happens and if just heat will ignite fuse.

So I ordered a few of them from two different makes in three different sizes. I will be the group guinea pig and yes I will be putting one in the engine compartment so hope to never update this but will see. Most of them just for around the house mainly in the garage.

[Twoxentrix]

Originally Posted by dig255

So I ordered a few of them from two different makes in three different sizes. I will be the group guinea pig and yes I will be putting one in the engine compartment so hope to never update this but will see. Most of them just for around the house mainly in the garage.

I was hoping someone would take the plunge, interesting concept if it in fact it doesn't blow prematurely (absence of flame). I'd like to see your test go without issue, but would also like an update a couple weeks/months down the road if you're willing???

[tonka]

One good thing about that video is that we now know it's a gunpowder-like charge activated by a fuse, and that it doesn't have any type of compressed gas. That makes me feel much better about it not being activated by heat over 200F.

It would in fact need heat in the range of whatever the ignition point of that fuse or charge is. Know paper/wood burns at 451F, so as long as you keep it off your exhaust manifold you'll probably be fine. But do let us know!