[RE-wrenches] fire extinguishers

Ray Walters ray at solarray.com
Thu Jan 14 09:45:08 PST 2016


I think I would put in an eye wash station first, followed by a set of 
cable cutters.  The one battery fire I experienced was a quick burn of 
the hydrogen off of a single cell, lasted a few seconds with very little 
heat, and extinguished it self.  It was the result of a shorted battery 
cable, so the solution was to cut the cable.
Should we a fire extinguisher in with the gas hot water heater? That's 
an open flame, all the time.

R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760

On 1/13/2016 11:36 AM, Dana wrote:
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> Halon is expensive but will not mess up electronics & is not cheap.
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> i am curious if any other wrenches install or recommend fire 
> extinguishers in the equipment room for their installations, 
> particularly for battery based systems. if so, what would be the best 
> kind? dry chemical extinguishers make a hell of a mess. c02 units 
> might be better?
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