What did you do to the X today?
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11-16-2011, 06:02 PM
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Little known facts and why FTE is AWESOME!!!
A note about extinguishers, especially in cars.
If you have ever seen the retardant in an ABC extinguisher like that, it is a super fine powder...so find that it appears as smoke in the air when not under pressure. It's also kind of 'tacky' or sticky (get it on your clothes and you'll see).
Extinguishers like that are a bit tricky when exposed to vibrations. In our classes, we take a small clear glass jar 1/3rd full of retardant and we tilt it over on it's side...the retardant moves almost like water. We then tap it on a table 5 or 6 times. We can then tip that glass over and the retardant sticks on the side until it's past 90 degrees before it breaks loose.
The key to that little demonstration is that we remind our students that if you have an extinguiser that is exposed to vibrations, be sure to occasionally take it out, hold it upside down and slap the side a few times. The vibration of freeway driving over time can pack that retardant down so compact that it actually acts like it's solid - resulting in the extinguisher just shooting the compressed air with no retardant.
So, safety tip...every month or so take your extinguishers in your cars and trucks and tip them over and shake them up a bit to make sure that retardant is loose and able to be expelled. If you keep one under the sink (next to the dishwasher) or on the wall (next to the washer or dryer), do it every time you change your smoke detector batteries - just to be sure - ESPECIALLY if your extinguishers are old.
If you have ever seen the retardant in an ABC extinguisher like that, it is a super fine powder...so find that it appears as smoke in the air when not under pressure. It's also kind of 'tacky' or sticky (get it on your clothes and you'll see).
Extinguishers like that are a bit tricky when exposed to vibrations. In our classes, we take a small clear glass jar 1/3rd full of retardant and we tilt it over on it's side...the retardant moves almost like water. We then tap it on a table 5 or 6 times. We can then tip that glass over and the retardant sticks on the side until it's past 90 degrees before it breaks loose.
The key to that little demonstration is that we remind our students that if you have an extinguiser that is exposed to vibrations, be sure to occasionally take it out, hold it upside down and slap the side a few times. The vibration of freeway driving over time can pack that retardant down so compact that it actually acts like it's solid - resulting in the extinguisher just shooting the compressed air with no retardant.
So, safety tip...every month or so take your extinguishers in your cars and trucks and tip them over and shake them up a bit to make sure that retardant is loose and able to be expelled. If you keep one under the sink (next to the dishwasher) or on the wall (next to the washer or dryer), do it every time you change your smoke detector batteries - just to be sure - ESPECIALLY if your extinguishers are old.
Any newbies to our forum take note, THIS kind of information is why you are here, what I/you don't know, others do...
I would send you reps for this Robert, but I am still in Lockdown...
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11-16-2011, 06:07 PM
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That would be cool...
You can get an LED upgrade bulb for it. Nite Ize makes one. I found mine at Harbor Freight Tools.
Wish I still had my old metal Mag Lite mounting clips. Those were nice. I have a hard time trusting the plastic ones to stand the test of time. Anybody got an old set layin' around that they want to part with?
Wish I still had my old metal Mag Lite mounting clips. Those were nice. I have a hard time trusting the plastic ones to stand the test of time. Anybody got an old set layin' around that they want to part with?
[EDIT]I found it at the niteize.com, but for $18.99 + $5.00, I can get a brand new Mag-Lite ST3D016 3-D Cell LED Flashlight designed with the LED already.[/EDIT]
#2283
11-16-2011, 06:35 PM
A note about extinguishers, especially in cars.
Extinguishers like that are a bit tricky when exposed to vibrations. In our classes, we take a small clear glass jar 1/3rd full of retardant and we tilt it over on it's side...the retardant moves almost like water. We then tap it on a table 5 or 6 times. We can then tip that glass over and the retardant sticks on the side until it's past 90 degrees before it breaks loose.
The key to that little demonstration is that we remind our students that if you have an extinguiser that is exposed to vibrations, be sure to occasionally take it out, hold it upside down and slap the side a few times. The vibration of freeway driving over time can pack that retardant down so compact that it actually acts like it's solid - resulting in the extinguisher just shooting the compressed air with no retardant.
So, safety tip...every month or so take your extinguishers in your cars and trucks and tip them over and shake them up a bit to make sure that retardant is loose and able to be expelled. If you keep one under the sink (next to the dishwasher) or on the wall (next to the washer or dryer), do it every time you change your smoke detector batteries - just to be sure - ESPECIALLY if your extinguishers are old.
Extinguishers like that are a bit tricky when exposed to vibrations. In our classes, we take a small clear glass jar 1/3rd full of retardant and we tilt it over on it's side...the retardant moves almost like water. We then tap it on a table 5 or 6 times. We can then tip that glass over and the retardant sticks on the side until it's past 90 degrees before it breaks loose.
The key to that little demonstration is that we remind our students that if you have an extinguiser that is exposed to vibrations, be sure to occasionally take it out, hold it upside down and slap the side a few times. The vibration of freeway driving over time can pack that retardant down so compact that it actually acts like it's solid - resulting in the extinguisher just shooting the compressed air with no retardant.
So, safety tip...every month or so take your extinguishers in your cars and trucks and tip them over and shake them up a bit to make sure that retardant is loose and able to be expelled. If you keep one under the sink (next to the dishwasher) or on the wall (next to the washer or dryer), do it every time you change your smoke detector batteries - just to be sure - ESPECIALLY if your extinguishers are old.
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Obvious Information...
Good Morning EX men...
Just an FYI for the Fire Extinguisher mounting...
It came with 2 bars of velcro to stick to whatever so it can stay there with the velcro. Well, the obvious happened, I did not think that it would stay, but it did stick on there with some pretty good sticking power, anyways it was on the floor this morning. Either I am going to try and use the velcro again assisted with screws, or take the velcro off and use the double sided tape on the entire vertical piece that would touch the side assisted with screws, (which is what I did with the Mag-Lite as well). I think the latter would look cleaner since it would eliminate the velcro "T bars" and leave just the vertical section.
Just an FYI for the Fire Extinguisher mounting...
It came with 2 bars of velcro to stick to whatever so it can stay there with the velcro. Well, the obvious happened, I did not think that it would stay, but it did stick on there with some pretty good sticking power, anyways it was on the floor this morning. Either I am going to try and use the velcro again assisted with screws, or take the velcro off and use the double sided tape on the entire vertical piece that would touch the side assisted with screws, (which is what I did with the Mag-Lite as well). I think the latter would look cleaner since it would eliminate the velcro "T bars" and leave just the vertical section.
#2294
11-17-2011, 07:12 AM
Good Morning EX men...
Just an FYI for the Fire Extinguisher mounting...
It came with 2 bars of velcro to stick to whatever so it can stay there with the velcro. Well, the obvious happened, I did not think that it would stay, but it did stick on there with some pretty good sticking power, anyways it was on the floor this morning. Either I am going to try and use the velcro again assisted with screws, or take the velcro off and use the double sided tape on the entire vertical piece that would touch the side assisted with screws, (which is what I did with the Mag-Lite as well). I think the latter would look cleaner since it would eliminate the velcro "T bars" and leave just the vertical section.
Just an FYI for the Fire Extinguisher mounting...
It came with 2 bars of velcro to stick to whatever so it can stay there with the velcro. Well, the obvious happened, I did not think that it would stay, but it did stick on there with some pretty good sticking power, anyways it was on the floor this morning. Either I am going to try and use the velcro again assisted with screws, or take the velcro off and use the double sided tape on the entire vertical piece that would touch the side assisted with screws, (which is what I did with the Mag-Lite as well). I think the latter would look cleaner since it would eliminate the velcro "T bars" and leave just the vertical section.
This stuff will hold just about anything....Molded Hook Tape MVA #8
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11-17-2011, 07:51 AM
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Velcro good... adhesive bad...
This stuff will hold just about anything....Molded Hook Tape MVA #8
