Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

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John Nardi
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Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

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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
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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.
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Peter

When I had the gas engines we had the 100 cubic foot size in the box.
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Re: Engine Compartment Fire System Size/Gas Sniffer Systems

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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.
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Thanks all!
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