Have you checked your Fire Extingwisher lately? YOU SHOULD if you love your spouse and yourself

Ken, the cans filled with fire fight's product in Florida but not in Jacksonville.
At Dothan we stuck one in a freezer for 24 hours. Froze it solid. When it thawed
it worked fine (if I remember correctly Mac used it on a fire demo), and the can never
broke.

jim galbavy
'73 x-CL ANNIE
Lake Mary, Fl
 
I am not a proponent of Halon units anywhere there is a large airflow or not installed is a closed environment. Therefore my experience with them in
automotive applications is minimal. The only place I would consider one on a GMC is in the refrigerator area.

That said, leakage is a problem on any type of pressurized extinguisher. Not just Halon. You need to take it somewhere or send it in to find the
leak.

We have a large foam one that was used last fall on an airplane. After we recharged it, the gauge slowly started showing a very slow leak. It took
all winter to go into the read zone. We have tanked it several times trying to find the leak and have not found it. I keep saying to replace the
valve since that is what was used when the extinguisher was discharged on the aircraft fire.

Get it fixed, otherwise you are doomed to recharging it frequently or throwing it away.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
 
I have a CO2 5# bottle that I bought empty and used. I took it to my
welding supplier, had it tested and refilled with the intent of killing a
ground nest of yellow jackets with it. I still have it in my shop and it is
still charged. That was at least 15 years ago. The gage needle still is in
the green, and it still wiggles when you tap it. I have never had a dry
chemical extinguisher that I would trust that long. Oh yes, I poured a
quart of gasoline into the yellow jacket nest at night. Killed them dead.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403

I am not a proponent of Halon units anywhere there is a large airflow or
not installed is a closed environment. Therefore my experience with them in
automotive applications is minimal. The only place I would consider one on
a GMC is in the refrigerator area.

That said, leakage is a problem on any type of pressurized extinguisher.
Not just Halon. You need to take it somewhere or send it in to find the
leak.

We have a large foam one that was used last fall on an airplane. After we
recharged it, the gauge slowly started showing a very slow leak. It took
all winter to go into the read zone. We have tanked it several times
trying to find the leak and have not found it. I keep saying to replace the
valve since that is what was used when the extinguisher was discharged on
the aircraft fire.

Get it fixed, otherwise you are doomed to recharging it frequently or
throwing it away.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

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> I have a CO2 5# bottle that I bought empty and used. I took it to my welding supplier, had it tested and refilled with the intent of killing a
> ground nest of yellow jackets with it. I still have it in my shop and it is still charged. That was at least 15 years ago. The gage needle still is
> in the green, and it still wiggles when you tap it. I have never had a dry chemical extinguisher that I would trust that long. Oh yes, I poured a
> quart of gasoline into the yellow jacket nest at night. Killed them dead.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or
> 78 GMC ROYALE 403

Jim,

You may have a problem you don't know about. The pressure in a CO2 vessel will not change with the quantity of gas/liquid inside. You have to weight
them. It is, however, very believable that it is still charged. There is a 5# right behind me that is very old (GMC old) and it still weighs in.

I was going to put it in the coach until I saw what Mac/JimB had. I bought those.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
Matt, I have a very accurate scale that I use to weigh pistons, etc. and I
weighed it a couple of times, and wrote the weight on the tag the welding
supply attached to it. Still weighs what it did when they filled it. I
check my shop extinguishers frequently. When you work on old stuff as I do,
and are a looonnnnggg way from a fully staffed fire response, it becomes my
problem for initial response. Just like police response where I live, when
you need help in seconds, it is only minutes or hours away from me. Mr
Colt, and Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson, are intimate friends of mine, along
with Mr. Remington. Just the way it is here in Oregon, where my closest
neighbor is a grower of Marijuana and deals with large amounts of cash. Can
only hope those who WILL COME TO ROB THEM don't get the wrong house in the
middle of the night. Ahhh, it's a brave new world out there.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403

> > I have a CO2 5# bottle that I bought empty and used. I took it to my
> welding supplier, had it tested and refilled with the intent of killing a
> > ground nest of yellow jackets with it. I still have it in my shop and it
> is still charged. That was at least 15 years ago. The gage needle still is
> > in the green, and it still wiggles when you tap it. I have never had a
> dry chemical extinguisher that I would trust that long. Oh yes, I poured a
> > quart of gasoline into the yellow jacket nest at night. Killed them dead.
> > Jim Hupy
> > Salem, Or
> > 78 GMC ROYALE 403
>
> Jim,
>
> You may have a problem you don't know about. The pressure in a CO2 vessel
> will not change with the quantity of gas/liquid inside. You have to weight
> them. It is, however, very believable that it is still charged. There is
> a 5# right behind me that is very old (GMC old) and it still weighs in.
>
> I was going to put it in the coach until I saw what Mac/JimB had. I
> bought those.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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> Matt, I have a very accurate scale that I use to weigh pistons, etc. and I weighed it a couple of times, and wrote the weight on the tag the
> welding supply attached to it. Still weighs what it did when they filled it. I check my shop extinguishers frequently. When you work on old stuff as
> I do, and are a looonnnnggg way from a fully staffed fire response, it becomes my problem for initial response. Just like police response where I
> live, when you need help in seconds, it is only minutes or hours away from me. Mr Colt, and Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson, are intimate friends of mine,
> along with Mr. Remington. Just the way it is here in Oregon, where my closest neighbor is a grower of Marijuana and deals with large amounts of
> cash. Can only hope those who WILL COME TO ROB THEM don't get the wrong house in the middle of the night. Ahhh, it's a brave new world out there.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or
> 78 GMC ROYALE 403

Jim,

Glad to hear you have it covered. Glad to hear you have a lot covered.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
Matt, my personal policy is "Never ask others to do what you are unwilling
to do for yourself". Sometimes described as the Oregon Pioneer Spirit. If
the original white settlers had to purchase liability and property damage
insurance to compensate them for dangers they might have encountered along
the Oregon trail, there would be a different ethnic makeup here . (Grin)
Jim Hupy

> > Matt, I have a very accurate scale that I use to weigh pistons, etc. and
> I weighed it a couple of times, and wrote the weight on the tag the
> > welding supply attached to it. Still weighs what it did when they filled
> it. I check my shop extinguishers frequently. When you work on old stuff as
> > I do, and are a looonnnnggg way from a fully staffed fire response, it
> becomes my problem for initial response. Just like police response where I
> > live, when you need help in seconds, it is only minutes or hours away
> from me. Mr Colt, and Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson, are intimate friends of
> mine,
> > along with Mr. Remington. Just the way it is here in Oregon, where my
> closest neighbor is a grower of Marijuana and deals with large amounts of
> > cash. Can only hope those who WILL COME TO ROB THEM don't get the wrong
> house in the middle of the night. Ahhh, it's a brave new world out there.
> > Jim Hupy
> > Salem, Or
> > 78 GMC ROYALE 403
>
>
> Jim,
>
> Glad to hear you have it covered. Glad to hear you have a lot covered.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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