Who else has a copper fire extinguisher?

[CH4]

I've always wanted a copper/brass extinguisher and diving helmet.

 

[delcrossv]

My father had one of the old carbon tet pumper types hanging in his "shed". No idea what happened to it.

Got one of those in the garage somewhere. All brass.

 

[delcrossv]

I have an old carbon tet extinguisher also. It is still probably half full and haven't checked into what I should do to make it safe. Any ideas?

How so safe? it's in there, you're out here.

Do you want to empty it?

 

[Kinman]

I used to have a small automotive size copper/brass unit that was filled with carbon tetrachloride, you turned it upside down and opened the valve...that stuff was a great degreaser.

 

[riverrat38]

My grandfather had a fire in the engine room of his commercial Salmon troller. His fire extinguisher was one of the Carbon Tet types. This was in the early 1950's and he fished alone. He told us that he barely made it out of the confined area to fresh air when the fire was out. Nasty stuff!

Best,
Rick

 

[GreyOwl]

How so safe? it's in there, you're out here.

Do you want to empty it?

Empty it, yes. Concerned that the grandkids might get ahold of it when I'm not around.

 

[Jeff423]

There was an old wooden building around here that had glass bottles of Carbon Tet. in brackets screwed to the rafters. The brackets were made of, or had an insert that was a low melting point alloy. The idea was that during a fire the brackets would melt and drop the bottles of Carbon Tet. on to the floor where they would break and extinguish the flames.

 

[Chubbo]

My 2¢ worth.

Those old copper, sodium bicarbonate, sulfuric acid, fire extinguishers, were still in use in my two story, four grade brick school house, while I attended school there, circa 1936-1940.

I still have a new looking carbon-tec. fire extinguisher hanging in place, ready for use, in my garage. It has hung there for more than 77years, installed when we built our connected, house/garage/breezeway. I should get rid of that nasty carbon-tec., but just haven't got around to it.

Chubbo

 

[Chubbo]

My 2¢ worth.

I forgot to mention, in my last post, that the playground of our school, also had a multiple hole outhouse in service at that time. That convenient, well used, outhouse didn't contain water, heat, cooling, or plumbing of any kind. It was used at recess, to keep the children from wearing out the school house's door hinges, to get to the indoor toilet facilities.

That playground also contained several large boulders, setting under a long row huge, maple, shade trees. The old, school custodian, would sometimes set on those boulders, while consoling children, that had received spankings from their teachers, for their unruly behaver.

Can't one just imagine the children of today's era, coping with those conditions? It also makes one compare the results, of the educations received in that era, to the educations being received in this era. ???

Chubbo

 

[mrchick]

I have one. It needs a cleaning, but is in good shape.

 

[bdGreen]

This one belongs to my sister.

Her husband was a captain in the Houston Fire Department.
It has been in their home for over thirty years and is a 'daily user'. She loves to have it where she can see it.

bdGreen

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