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Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

Posted: Sep 15th, '20, 03:17
by John Nardi
I was hoping that the sandbox would be able to tell me what the cubic footage is of each engine box area or the appropriate Fireboy Cylinder needed for a gas boat...Also, any recommendations for gas sniffer systems? Thanks, John

Re: Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

Posted: Sep 15th, '20, 13:21
by pschauss
I bought the 100 cubic foot size. By my measurement, my engine boxes are slightly smaller than that, but I decided that getting the next size up was the conservative thing to do.

Re: Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

Posted: Sep 15th, '20, 20:29
by Tony Meola
Peter

When I had the gas engines we had the 100 cubic foot size in the box.

Re: Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

Posted: Sep 16th, '20, 11:15
by Stephan
I had a Xintex gas sniffer system in a previous boat. I was instructed to mount the sensor as low as possible for best performance. However, that led to very short life for the sensor and lots of false positives.
I hope you have a better experience.
Regards,
Stephan

Re: Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

Posted: Sep 17th, '20, 12:20
by John Nardi
Thanks all!