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Post by Volktales on Dec 29, 2017 21:50:51 GMT -8
You might want to have a look at this video...
I have a lot of these brand of extinguishers to check...
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Post by magikbus on Dec 30, 2017 8:34:17 GMT -8
A friend of mine in Kimberley who serviced fire extinguishers, mainly in commercial businesses, taught me a neat trick maybe some of you don't know. This is for dry chemical extinguishers, the most common kind for the general public. He took one of mine and turned it upside down and began hitting it with a rubber mallet. At first it sounded like a dull thud thud thud, but gradually it changed to a boingggg boingggg. He told me that meant at first the dry chemical was settled to the bottom and had partially solidified. After being "activated" with the rubber mallet, it gradually returned to it's "partially liquid like" state, like sifted flour or corn starch gets. That's what he said was the most common "activation" or "rejuvination" techique the commercial companies do with extinguishers that will still hold their pressure. If your's has lost pressure, it's toast though.
Thanks for the warning Russ, checked all of mine and none are in the list of bad ones, and they all now go boingggg.
Stan
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Post by Volktales on Dec 30, 2017 11:17:50 GMT -8
Going to check the rest of mine today. This recall covers around 40 million extinguishers all the way back to 1974!
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Post by Volktales on Dec 30, 2017 21:22:32 GMT -8
One of my extinguishers looks just like the photo of the recalled models. Except the model number does not appear on Kidde's website. Hmmm.
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