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Old 18th Apr 2011, 09:21
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While trying to view the 'change.org' site, it appears to be down. Can anyone provide the key points ?

At another section to these forums (http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/44726...enerators.html) I provided some data from three FAA Tech Center letters or Reports.

In short, the oxygen released does little, or nothing, to advance a fire already in progress, the shell (exterior) temperature of a operating canister is about 400 degrees F (about 125 degrees short of the minimum temperatures of common packing materials - i.e bubble wrap, cardboard) and, lastly, about 600 degrees F is needed to cause a canister to self actuate.

So absent some revelation of how this generator could somehow be converted into a 'weapon', the oxygen generator appears quite safe.
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