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Type of fire extinguisher for home use? Daniel Prince 04-01-2008
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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Blattus_Slafaly on April 1, 2008, 10:33 am
Daniel Prince wrote:
> I have read or seen on TV that one should use fire extinguishers
> that have a hose attached to the outlet because they are easier to
> aim. My brother said that a safety expert at his workplace says
> that one should not use a fire extinguisher larger than a 1A 10BC
> for home use because larger ones would blow the fire (or burning
> grease) around.
>
> The only fire extinguishers that have hoses seem to be 3A 40BC or
> larger. Which type should we get? Thank you in advance for all
> replies.
> --
> Whenever I hear or think of the song "Great green gobs of greasy
> grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That sounds REALLY,
> REALLY good. I'll have some of that!"

Don't start a fire and save a lot of trouble.

--
Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8

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