pwheeldon wrote:

Nice to know, ill look at fitting one there and let everyone know how it goes

Hot Tub wrote:

I fitted in passenger foot well SWMBO don't have a problem with it being there. Nearly needed to grab it and use in anger yesterday morning when smoke coming from dash 🤔 quickly disconnect battery. I knew about Profs going up in smoke so for warned. Wanted mine close to grab if the brown stuff hits the fan👍

what happened? Hope you are all ok

kajtzu wrote:

Iguana wrote:

Top work Dean

Can't do it for mine as double dog crate in the back, but will be looking at adding one in the front footwell somewhere at some point

The “official” mount point is the ledge of the passenger seat. LR has a 1 kg extinguisher that mounts there.

The LR one for the front passenger seat is quite good, I have fitted it and I am an enthusiastic amateur... it mounts the extinguisher well out of the way but imho be very, very careful how you deal with the existing wiring and all the fixings under the seat. You have to unclip some of the wiring clips to fit the bracket and reroute them (without unplugging any). If you get that wrong and someone moves the passenger seat forward to the fullest extent there is then a risk of ripping the wires somewhere.

A job to take some time over...

Whether a 1kg powder fire extinguisher will do anything to a vehicle fire is another question that has been done elsewhere on here.

Although they don't do 1kg extinguishers (yet) these guys make a very interesting product - Coldfire - an extinguishing product which is a much more efficient product to tackle a vehicle fire. It is used extensively in the US and is starting to gain traction in the UK.

I am not associated with it in any way but I do carry a larger one in the boot...

https://www.hydronavitas.com/

Whilst Dean’s mount is good, I’m liking the idea of this one (as it won’t interfere with big loads).
Currently mine is in the storage area under the rear seats (with a multitude of other essentials), however whilst other “emergencies” can wait for a bit, unfortunately fire won’t (whilst I’d have to rummage around to locate the extinguisher.)
So reckon I’ll give this one a go.

Just need to locate suitable mounts for my other prime emergency stuff - first aid kit and glass hammer/seat belt cutter.

supersiecosse wrote:

I have installed said fire extinguisher in the rear NS panel ....
best solutions for an otherwise big waste of space. I had thought of creating a netted pocket for the area but found my extinguisher fitted here just nicely and can be easily reached and seen in the event of an eventuality.
The extinguisher cradle is bolted through the plastic moulding for security and so far has not fell off or impeded loadspace.