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Lightwater



Member Since: 21 Aug 2014
Location: Sydney Northern Beaches
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Ukraine 2013 Freelander 2 2.0T SE Auto Fuji White

A few links on the subject of fire:

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic21613.html

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic23674.html

You may want to look at this on house fires:
If you need a bit of persuading have a look at Australian ABC TV Catalyst 17 July 2014 CSIRO test (ABC and CSIRO are well respected organisations by Australians): http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4046289.htm

I only have 1 x 1 kg in the car & it's next to the spare wheel until I can work out where to mount it.
Fire extinguisher size:
kg / seconds
1.0 / 8
2.3 / 13
4.5 / 17
9.0 / 22

In our block of units:
5.0 kg co2 electrical meter room (required by state law)
4.3 kg ABE in common laundry
1.0 kg ABE garage
1.0 kg ABE car
2.3 Kg in Unit
1.0 kg in second Unit Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

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dorsetfreelander



Member Since: 20 Jul 2013
Location: Dorset
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I have always been wary of fire extinguishers not working. Many years ago as PhD research student in chemistry I was in the lab on my own late at night and I had a big fire in a fume cupboard. I ran to get a CO2 fire extinguisher and discovered that it didn't work, after trying a couple of others with the same effect I was panicking and should have just called for help and left the building but in those days you were supposed to sort things out yourself so I wheeled a Nitrogen cylinder over, switched off the fume cupboard fan and dowsed the cupboard with Nitrogen through a rubber hose which did the trick.
The next day the whole dept got a b***ing from the Prof as it seemed that people had got into the habit of putting out small fires with an extinguisher and then putting the extinguisher back on the wall without getting it refilled. I also got a going over for forgetting that by dowsing the area with Nitrogen I could have suffocated! 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

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Landiroamer



Member Since: 30 Apr 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 1185

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I remember when I was at school someone passing an extinguisher knocked it off the wall and it went off, it was dry powder and everyone emerged from the room looking like snowmen, it made a heck of a mess.

Post #281153 14th Nov 2015 11:40 am
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wurzel153



Member Since: 18 Dec 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 301

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Loire Blue

I feel for you, a loan freelander 2 we had caught fire for no known reason whilst parked not Long after a short journey, that was a total loss. Ours started with the alarm going off, then smoke from the bonnet near the battery and then flames and lots more flames. Did yours do the same?.

Fire was put down to a defective vehicle, Land Rover tried to put the blame on me and it took over a year to get them to reimburse my house insurance excess for damage to the driveway. Make sure you notify Land Rover, they may wish to take your car in for examination after the insurance have looked at it.

Post #281163 14th Nov 2015 1:11 pm
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roverfl2



Member Since: 07 Nov 2015
Location: Essex
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Well after a three week gap and pressing my 110 into daily service......



I traveled into Suffolk today and came home with this 2010 HSE.e



Nice additions over XS, black leather, sunroof and 'dipping' wing mirrors in reverse.

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Bibendum



Member Since: 20 Oct 2015
Location: Home in Lancashire
Posts: 170

United Kingdom 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Indus Silver

NIce motor ... both of them! Thumbs Up

Think that's my favourite colour for a FL2

Post #281905 22nd Nov 2015 6:11 pm
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Steve D



Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
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Getting a fire extinguisher for this one? Whistle Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

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chicken george



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http://www.firetrace.com/fire-suppression-...e-systems/ At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Post #281912 22nd Nov 2015 6:33 pm
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Landiroamer



Member Since: 30 Apr 2015
Location: Devon
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United Kingdom 2015 Freelander 2 TD4_e SE Manual Orkney Grey

Is that Stornoway Grey or Oinkney?

Post #281913 22nd Nov 2015 6:36 pm
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roverfl2



Member Since: 07 Nov 2015
Location: Essex
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Stornoway Grey according to TOPIX.

Just found I have DAB radio as well Smile What are the advantages of DAB over FM? We have given up on DAB at home as we never get a signal.

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shilen



Member Since: 29 Feb 2008
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I bet your neighbours are thinking "Blimey the insurance repaired his FL2!!!!"

Post #282030 23rd Nov 2015 6:10 pm
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shilen



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personally I would have gone for this one....




[/img] Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit

Post #282031 23rd Nov 2015 6:14 pm
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roverfl2



Member Since: 07 Nov 2015
Location: Essex
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shilen wrote:
I bet your neighbours are thinking "Blimey the insurance repaired his FL2!!!!"


yup, they even added a sunroof for good measure!

Lucky for me it burst into flames on another driveway so my neighbours have no idea.

Post #282033 23rd Nov 2015 6:26 pm
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chicken george



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that would be a cool way of getting caught, car burning in the 'husbands' driveway At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

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blacktiger



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England 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

roverfl2 wrote:

Just found I have DAB radio as well Smile What are the advantages of DAB over FM? We have given up on DAB at home as we never get a signal.


IMO there is no advantage to having DAB in a noisy vehicle. In fact instead of fading out like an FM signal, the DAB radio just makes a strange noise and goes off completely. When I park in my works underground carpark, it's as if I've turned the whole thing off. At least with FM it tries to keep going.

Post #282051 23rd Nov 2015 8:16 pm
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