I finally got a fire extinguisher

[DoubleO7]

Originally Posted by Rescue11

I'm gunna go ahead and say it is arguably the most valuable tool in the shed. Change your clocks, change your batteries and check your ABC's! Glad you have an extinguisher!

Make a sign and put it on the backside of the clocks or under them.
"Check extinguishers"
for pressure
AND shake them up until you can feel or hear the powder flowing back and forth inside.
The powder can cake up inside and not allow it to come out when needed.
Especially the longer it sits in one position.
Which you hope will be forever.

[olds45512]

Its kinda funny that i made this thread the other day and then yesterday i was literally on fire for about 2 minutes before i realized it i was at work doing some welding and my leg was kinda hot, i kept looking down but had my helmet on and couldnt see the flames and figured it was the ground cable heating up which was right next to my leg. After 2 minutes i figure something was up and when i took my helmet off sure enough i was on fire, 6 inches was burned off my pant leg and my shoe was melted and burned. I think the only thing that kept me from being burned was the fact that i was wearing tube socks and that they were soaking wet with sweat.

[Maxwelhse]

Originally Posted by DoubleO7

AND shake them up until you can feel or hear the powder flowing back and forth inside.
The powder can cake up inside and not allow it to come out when needed.
Especially the longer it sits in one position.
Which you hope will be forever.

A simple way around this is to mount them sideways. When you take it off the wall to use it you'll automatically dump the powder back to the bottom. It's a common recommendation for boats since all of the wave bashing can really pack the powder into the bottom.

Of course, shaking them up from time-to-time never hurts.

Originally Posted by olds45512

Its kinda funny that i made this thread the other day and then yesterday i was literally on fire for about 2 minutes before i realized it i was at work doing some welding and my leg was kinda hot, i kept looking down but had my helmet on and couldnt see the flames and figured it was the ground cable heating up which was right next to my leg. After 2 minutes i figure something was up and when i took my helmet off sure enough i was on fire, 6 inches was burned off my pant leg and my shoe was melted and burned. I think the only thing that kept me from being burned was the fact that i was wearing tube socks and that they were soaking wet with sweat.

Yikes!!! Might be time for some welding leathers!