Refer Fire Extinguisher??

BulldawgFan wrote:
This may be common sense or general knowledge, but if not, a little tip...

A couple or few times a year take your fire extinguisher and shake it, knock the stuff loose, it tends to accumulate and settle. You want it to work if you ever do have to pull the pin.

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I saved my porch the other day after the DW set some thick cut bacon on fire on the grill! :E

One dark winters day so many years ago.....my buddy and I were hand propping an airplane and someone (the buddy) got a bit carried away on the priming. A backfire started gas in the exhaust tube on fire. A quick squirt from the handy extinguisher in the truck solved the problem.


Does that count?

Trying to put out a serious fire in an RV is tantamount to having 1000 lbs of gun powder catch on fire and trying to put it out with a 1 lb dry chem fire extinguisher!

I have seen posts and pictures of installs. But I don't recall a post about one going off and saving the coach.

This may be common sense or general knowledge, but if not, a little tip...

A couple or few times a year take your fire extinguisher and shake it, knock the stuff loose, it tends to accumulate and settle. You want it to work if you ever do have to pull the pin.

25 years ago, pulling my pop-up down an interstate in Kentucky on a 95 degree day, the alternator on my van died at 65 mph.

Smoke everywhere and red lights on the dash. Started to pull off to the side of the road and the engine died when the rpms dropped off (I think the alternator bearings froze up solid and locked the serpentine belt).

When I finally got the rig stopped (no power steering or power brakes), I jumped out and popped the hood to see fire consuming the alternator. I then ran back to the popup and yanked open the (locked) door because I knew there was the little extinguisher just inside. I then used that extinguisher to put out the fire. I also had one in the van but I knew it was under all the luggage, etc. and would take longer to find.

Tim

Some intelligence in the replies, but still no one can provide info on a save by these ? Smoke detectors have a documented history of saving lives. What about these saving an RV, or "giving you the chance to get out".

I've never had the smoke alarm in my house save me from a fire, either, but...

I've never had to pull the pin on a fire extinguisher in my trailer ever. I hope the trend continues!

If there is every a fire bigger than a Bic lighter in my trailer I'm not going after the fire extinguisher; I'm going for the nearest exit!

There is an old saying in car racing. "Fire is a big motivator." I agree!