fire extenguisher recharge

[buckshotbarlow]

sorry for typos...im on some goofy ipad...i cant type for crap and spell on these damn things....where do u guys get em recharged? i am located in littleton.

[<MADDOG>]

As long as you aren't dealing with the "Home Depot" variety, look for your nearest fire sprinkler/inspection company and give them a call.

[Great-Kazoo]

What size. We usually shake them around for a few. Unless it's a business, then swap them out.

[Jamnanc]

Pm sent with contact info.

[<MADDOG>]

Shaking does nothing for them.

[buckshotbarlow]

neighbor who's a firefighter said to buy a new one, and sacrifice that one to the range...

[Great-Kazoo]

Shaking does nothing for them.

Keep in mind it's only a temporary solution.

[Flatline]

If they have plastic valves you are better off just buying a new one.

[<MADDOG>]

Keep in mind it's only a temporary solution.

Temporary solution for what? Increasing your heart rate? Shaking the extinguisher does nothing....

[merl]

Doesn't free up the caked dry stuff in some of em?

[Icecoldviper]

Doesn't free up the caked dry stuff in some of em?

Problem is going to be there wont be any air pressure. The powder gets on the valve when discharged and it will leak off.

[Great-Kazoo]

Temporary solution for what? Increasing your heart rate? Shaking the extinguisher does nothing....

I know. This one was shaken middle of may. The indicator was 1/4 the way in the discharged area. 15 shakes and i'm GTG.

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[<MADDOG>]

No, the agent is "caked" naturally. The pressure of the nitrogen during release is more than enough to get the agent flowing during discharge.

[<MADDOG>]

I know. This one was shaken middle of may. The indicator was 1/4 the way in the discharged area. 15 shakes and i'm GTG.

You have a faulty gauge; you cannot increase the pressure of nitrogen by shaking it...

[jhirsh5280]

I always thought you could take them a to a local fire station and get them recharged.

[Jer]

I always thought you could take them a to a local fire station and get them recharged.

I thought so too. I guess they don't do that anymore. I took one to our local Fire Dept this summer and was informed they no longer do it even on their own. He gave me the phone number of an outfit that does theirs and is able to do others but the cost was prohibitive. It was about the same price to just buy a new one. Pretty lame IMO and not only are we stuck having to pay for it but it sounds like our tax dollars are now paying this same company to do something that our firefighters did for themselves for decades.

[Flatline]

We have fire extinguishers that we fill with water and then pump air into that can be refilled, but anything else has to go to a private company. This is partially to do with paperwork, but mostly that we don't really use dry chem with any regularity so there is no reason to have the equipment to refill them (the only one's I can think of are around the station to meet building codes or in the ambulances to meet state requirements). It would be a waste of taxpayer money to buy equipment we don't need or use.

[Rabid]

I thought so too. I guess they don't do that anymore. I took one to our local Fire Dept this summer and was informed they no longer do it even on their own. He gave me the phone number of an outfit that does theirs and is able to do others but the cost was prohibitive. It was about the same price to just buy a new one. Pretty lame IMO and not only are we stuck having to pay for it but it sounds like our tax dollars are now paying this same company to do something that our firefighters did for themselves for decades.
The FD did exchanges but did not recharge extinguishers themselves. Do you think the gov could really spend their money well enough to do it cheaper then a private company? Let me see if i can find the guy that re-hydrostated a few HPA tanks for me. Not only did he do all of Denver FD's stuff but he was really cheap if paid in cash.

[buckshotbarlow]

I thought so too. I guess they don't do that anymore. I took one to our local Fire Dept this summer and was informed they no longer do it even on their own. He gave me the phone number of an outfit that does theirs and is able to do others but the cost was prohibitive. It was about the same price to just buy a new one. Pretty lame IMO and not only are we stuck having to pay for it but it sounds like our tax dollars are now paying this same company to do something that our firefighters did for themselves for decades.

My neighbor who works at southwest metro told me the same thing, cheaper to buy a new one then to get it recharged...he's a liberal ass LT from kalifornia, and i don't agree with him and on hardly anything, but this is his area of expertise...

[Birddog1911]

I've got a pair of good commercial models, and yes, it is cheaper to just replace them. Stupid, yes, but that is the way it is, apparently.

[<MADDOG>]

A recharge on a standard industrial 10lb ABC should run you guys about $50-$60 unless you want Purple K.

[rondog]

One of my brothers took an old one and put a tire valve in it so he could pressurize it. Filled it 3/4 with water, hit it with air, and had The Squirt Gun From Hell! Talk about the perfect tool for chasing the cats off your garbage cans.....