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Posted by Oren on April 2, 2008, 8:55 pm
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:24:39 GMT, salty@dog.com wrote:
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>>On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:32:25 GMT, salty@dog.com wrote:
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>>>>I have several small ABC Kiddie fire extinguishers. Most are mounted
>>>>near an exterior door. I have one in the kitchen, basement shop,
>>>>garage, and truck. The pressure dial shows the extinguisher has
>>>>pressure and should be periodically inspected. An open box of
>>>>baking soda near the stove is very effective for grease fires. The
>>>>thing to keep in mind is to have the extinguishers ready and easily
>>>>accessible. Hopefully, you won't ever have to use one.
>>>
>>>Here's another good tip: Every month or so, take each extinguisher off its
>>>bracket and shake it vigorously until you can hear the powder moving inside.
If
>>>they hand for long periods, the gauge will still say they are good, but the
>>>powder will haved settled itself into a solid lump and the extinguisher will
not
>>>work.
>>>
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>>Do you have a link? One that suggest; this, shaking vigorously?!
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>>TRUMP Tower in Las Vegas opened Monday. Can you imagine the money to
>>be made shaking fire extinguishers monthly...!
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>Trump Tower is stocked with dry powder extinguishers?
Not stocked full, but they must have some. Why pull a hose pipe fire
hose for a trash can fire :-)) I suppose a roaring trash can fire will
set the sprinkler off.
>I don't have a link. This is something that I've known for many years, and I've
>heard repeated many times. Maybe the website for Kidde or some other major
>manufacturer mentions it.
>
I did find mention of shaking on San Bernardino FD, CA site. The
first I read about it, except your mention of it.
This shaking, as part of the maintenance is not mentioned on my units.
It gives other things to check for, but not mention of shaking the
fire extinguisher. They ought to fix that!
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