They are pretty inexpensive. $9.99 at Defender. They generally have a clear window which lets you see inside the engine compartment to see if you have a fire, and you can then poke a fire extinguisher into the engine compartment through the pot and put the fire out without opening the compartment and letting in lots more air which would likely just make a fire worse.
https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?name=the-marine-east-6860-fire-port-white-ring&path=-1|135|2290089|2555396&id=2555630 The side panel of the engine compartment would be a good place I'd think. Or between the companionway steps. Ken H. On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 09:42, David Knecht via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > I had an insurance survey done recently and the surveyor made several > recommendations that were surprsing to me and which the insurance company > is now expecting to be done: > > 1.Install a fire port on the engine compartment and a no residue > extinguisher nearby. I have never heard of this and the purchase survey > done a few years early did not mention it. It is not terribly expensive, > but I can’t find a reasonable place to install the fire port. One of the > reasons I made sure to get a diesel engine was I thought that fire was not > a significant risk with diesel fuel. Does anyone else have this on their > boat and is this a worthwhile safety upgrade? > > 2. Install a high water alarm. This seems to me to be overkill given the > size of the boat and the fact that it is pretty much impossible to be > trapped below water line in the event of a serious leak. I also have an > automatic bilge pump switch, so that would alert me if water were coming up > to the floor boards. Has anyone else installed an alarm? > > Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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