| [GMCnet] Have you checked your Fire Extingwisher lately? YOU SHOULD if you love your spouse and yourself [message #313206] |
Tue, 14 February 2017 14:18  |
BobDunahugh
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Registered: October 2010
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
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Bet none of you have ever done that. I got two new ones from Jim Bounds just this last April. The gauge started to get to the red about one month later on the engine unit. Then I forgot to check back later. Now it's well into the red. Basically worthless as of now. So I called Jim to see what to do. He said that there were some that had Teflon tape sealant used on them. And those were prone to leak. Then later they use a translucent gel as a sealant for the brass fitting near the top. Mine has the gel. Some how something is still leaking. So he said to send it back to be recharged. The cost would be $25 plus shipping. So to save the shipping back, and fort. I'm just going to have someone local recharge it each year from now on. Just simpler. My point here is that we all need to check this extinguisher each year. For the dry chemical units. Pick them up twice a year. And shack them vigorously. If it's been along time. Pick them up, and turn them up side down from how they were positioned. Then lightly tape the top side with a hammer. Then shack for a few minutes. This will fluff up the dry chemical that has settled into a solid at what ever side that was down. Want to be real safe. And after you've done this. Buy new ones. And keep the fluffed up one as a back up. Bob Dunahugh
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