Recomm where to buy Fire Extinguisher for garage

[brans72]

Like the post say guys looking for one for the garage cause the soon to be says I need to play safe out there. Brandon

[chevyhector]

I have a guy from ABC fire extinguishers come out every 12 months, but I’m in Los Angeles, Ca.

[TheJDMan]

Check your local yellow pages for Fire Extinguisher Suppliers.

[David Pozzi]

Tip from my fire extinguisher guy.
Buy one with a metal valve
A standard 10 BC lasts only 15 seconds and won't put out much of a fire. A larger 30 or 60 would be much much better. I used to carry a 10BC in my car trailer, after trying unsuscessfully to put out a tractor fire with the one I carry in my work truck, I up sized the trailer to a 30BC. I have two 60BC in my shop in addition to some 10BC's. If you get one of the larger extinguishers, the ones with a hose nozzle are better.

If you are cheap and don't want to spend the money to have them serviced each year, turn them upside down & thump them with a rubber hammer & give them a shake to fluff up the powder inside. If it settles & clumps, it won't work.

[SLO_Z28]

Originally Posted by David Pozzi

If you are cheap and don't want to spend the money to have them serviced each year, turn them upside down & thump them with a rubber hammer & give them a shake to fluff up the powder inside. If it settles & clumps, it won't work.

I would reconmend getting them serviced, its fairly inexpensive. I service the extinguishers at work (have my Cal Fire license) and I pulled one from a truck, it had compacted so bad that there is no way it would have worked if he needed it. These are what we use at work, mostly for car fires and the like and they work great:

http://www.labsource.com/Catalog/Ite...ItemID=1401622

Id be willing to bet that you could get a expired extinguisher that needs hydrostatic testing for next to nothing. Call a few local fire extinguisher techs and ask what they have for sale, youd be surprised.

[David Pozzi]

Good comment James.
If you can't feel the powder move inside, it's compacted. There are lots of out of date extinguishers that get dumped every year, the service can't tag them because they are too old, but they can service them without tags for a non-commercial garage use. All they do is discharge it into a container, refill the powder back in, clean the valve, & pressurize with nitrogen.
Try & reduce the amount of flammable material in your garage, don't store a lot if fuel or paint thinners & keep them away from any welding or grinding. We had a tractor fire when a drop light fell into a bucket of thinner that was being used to clean a tractor. Nearly caught the barn on fire.