Fire Extinguisher Recall: Kidde + other Brands...
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Sycamore Slough
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https://inmarmarketaction.com/kidde/Kidde284US/
So I have a couple of these and knew about the recall a while back.
Today I finally got around to calling their toll-free # (855) 271 0773 and they were very efficient.
You need the model # and / or serial # on the label.
Turns out one of mine is affected by recall, so they'll FedEx me a new one.
It's the plastic-handle models, not metal-handle. (Also push-button). Lots of other brand names besides 'Kidde'.
If your stuff is on fire, and your extinguisher does not work, what a Drag.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Backroads Bill
I recently had an occasion
I recently had an occasion when I used my old fire extinguisher.
Had it for years and never really paid attention to it but when I tried to use it it had no pressure, nothing came out.
No big deal just a minor fire that was easily put out with water but glad to find out that old extinguisher was no good.
From now on I'll do a yearly check.
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USe the old one for target
USe the old one for target practice, we shoot cans of spray paint and it is a blast. I bet a fir extinguisher would really take off flying, spinning, and shooting foam all over
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
as children we used to pick
as children we used to pick up the discarded shaving cream cans after Halloween and try to hit them just right with a pellet gun. They would sail into the air. Good times.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: skyjunk
I bet you also lit hair spay
I bet you also lit hair spay in aerosol cans. My hoods version of a flame thrower. We also would take those little cans of breath spray and would light them up for encores, little mini flame throwers at concerts
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
Guy I know takes old FE's,
Guy I know takes old FE's, cuts the bottom off, paints them up and turns them into chimes / bells.
You could make a sturdy bird-feeder too.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
Growing up in the 50s and
Growing up in the 50s and early 60s, there weren't a lot of aerosol cans around yet. I was taught by my peers and elders how to make a match gun out of a wooden clothes pin. You take it apart and reverse one of the pieces, if I remember correctly. Put a light-anywhere match in it and make it do its thing. The match would light and eject itself six feet or so.
Good times.
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I have a large bell hanging
I have a large bell hanging outside made from a cut-of part of a diver's air tank.
It sounds great - lots of sustain.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
The vast majority of SCUBA
The vast majority of SCUBA air tanks, CO2 cylinders, Helium or Nitrous tanks are made of aluminum these days. FE's also. But some antique FE's are other metals. I think the dude I know says some of the older ones are Brass or Bronze, which makes a nice bell.
So he's always looking for those at garage sales or flea markets.
Back to setting stuff on fire: we used to take 'Speed Stick' deodorant and spread a bit on a gym locker door, then light it. Stuff is basically Sterno. It didn't explode, just a short-lived door of blue flame. More of a cool special effect, but I guess it would be good campfire starter.
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My friend's dad was a hunter
My friend's dad was a hunter and loaded his own shotgun shells, so we had access to gunpowder. We didn't really want to make a bomb, 'cause we knew a guy who blew off some of his fingers with an IED. So instead we made gunpowder trails around his concrete basement floor and lit them off. Woo-hoo!
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And this is why people need
And this is why people need working FE's... because Kids think it's a Good Idea to play with gunpowder in the basement.
"But Mom, I saw it on "RoadRunner !!"