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Re: Mini fire-extinguishers
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Wed, 10 November 2004 03:08
 
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Ok, here's what I learn't in fire training:
(B) dry powder type fire extinguishers are the cheapest, and most commonly found. They consist of pretty much Baking soda.
These are totally shit, and require a ridiculous amount to put any fire out. Do not use these, unless you have over 5kg.
(B):E dry powder is better than (B), but contains lots of other chemicals that like to eat paint work, rubber, vinyl, pretty much anything. These will put a fire out pretty good, but the powder, like (B) gets EVERYWHERE. I would plan to strip a car and repaint if I were to use this on it. I used one of these on my kitchen once, and it fucked everything, especially all the stainless.
CO2 carbon dioxide is the most effective at putting a fire out. However the down side is that if you are using it on an interior fire you can easily suffocate yourself and then burn in the fire with your beloved car. So break a window first, or get out of the car before using. I think the smallest these babies come in is 3.5kg, which will put out a decent car fire.
Water is not really much of an option of course.
Another way, which is not too good for meeting CAMS regs. or any other reg. is to get a backup air bottle that scuba divers use and fill it with CO2 instead of O2 and attach a fire extinguisher nozzle. Tha way you would have a 2kg (depending) CO2 extinguisher, perfect size. There may be less than 3.5kg CO2s around, I'm not 100% sure.
Hope this helps.
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