Fire Port - Good Idea?

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Adding a Fire Port looks like a good idea to add to my engine enclosure. (http://www.marineeast.com/a_sch/sch_det.asp?cid=13&pid=13_01), Looking at their catalog I am not sure which one to get (seems more cosmetic differences). Is there any reason I would choose models 6860 or 6960 over 6999?

I was thinking of drilling a hole right in the front of the engine enclosure near the top. That way if there was ever a fire you just grab an extinguisher, shove the nozzle through the hole and pull the trigger. Thoughts?
 
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Albanach

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Catalina 310 Sydney-Pittwater
rpwillia said:
Adding a Fire Port looks like a good idea to add to my engine enclosure. (http://www.marineeast.com/a_sch/sch_det.asp?cid=13&pid=13_01), Looking at their catalog I am not sure which one to get (seems more cosmetic differences). Is there any reason I would choose models 6860 or 6960 over 6999?

I was thinking of drilling a hole right in the front of the engine enclosure near the top. That way if there was ever a fire you just grab an extinguisher, shove the nozzle through the hole and pull the trigger. Thoughts?
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The engine compartment would have to be sealed off in the back and below the engine to achieve a totally sealed area to shut out oxygen-how would one then run the engine? Even then, how would you ensure that the extinguisher foam hits the mark to suffocate the fire at source? Don’t think that the foam would fill up the housing completely. Unless you use halon (not legal any longer?) or similar.
 
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Moved this

In my post challenged way I re-posted this to the Ask All Sailors Forum.
 
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