got your fire extinguisher HANDY??

One of the other sites I visit regularly has a member who has had his parents house where he stores some of his tools have a fire, which destroyed about $15-$20K in tools plus the damage to the garage which was attached to the house, obviously theres also some smoke and water and probably structural damage and some roof damage, also,Id point out that I,m always sorry to hear about this type of fire!
but it happens regularly, I know only too well,
I had one in my shop, while I was working on a car when a fuel line sprung a leak, and while I put it out with a large 10 lb extinguisher and a garden hose ,I almost always have handy, with a twist to turn on nozzle near the shop.
yeah the first thing I did when I built my shop was purchase 3 larger dry chemical fire extinguishers and mounted the brackets next to every door in the shop.
I still had several thousand dollars damage result,
it would have been far worse without the extinguisher mounted near each door and the garden hose handy, and I learned to never work on fuel systems,
or break-in cams, or when at all possible weld anything too large to place on a welding table, inside the shop.
now dry chemical fire extinguisher's make a mess but they work,
I really want to purchase (3) 15 lb CO2 extinguishers, but finding those at anywhere near a decent price is proving to be very difficult.
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, GET A DECENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER< GET SMOKE ALARMS INSTALLED, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LOOSE IF A GARAGE CATCHES FIRE!
NOWS A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER THESE EXTINGUISHER'S ONLY HAVE A LIMITED LIFE SPAN ..... CHECK THEM...SERVICE THEM....YOU NEVER KNOW...
WHEN SOMETHING TRAGIC COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT ONE..
THAT WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD....WOULD BE DEVASTATING,
AND YES THE CO2 STYLE ARE IDEAL.
I still keep a bath towel soaking in a bucket and a garden hose handy
,if I'm working with something that could potentially easily catch on fire,
as more than once, in the last 50 years or so,
I've been welding or spilled a bit of fuel or had a cough back from a carb,
and had trash, fuel, electrical wiring or something else catch fire,
a wet towel handy you can throw on the problem,
can do you a lot of good without the mess an extinguisher would make

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, and this is a good place for a reminder, too keep , purchase a couple good quality CO2 fire extinguishers so you have them,handy in any shop, as they make a whole lot less of a mess than the less expensive dry chemical ,type and the -non-refillable dry chemical type extinguishers, while better than nothing are not the best value in the long run, but in either case,buy several, mount them right near all the exits , so in an emergency you don,t need to go looking for where you stored them, obviously youll also want to have several quality smoke alarms,with fresh battery,s you change regularly every 4-5 months, and youll want to be using quality METAL trash cans ,in any shop, with tight fitting lids in any shop,because those cans won,t burn if something ignites you pitched into them several hours later from some chemical oxidation problem, like some solvents and paints and cleaners can cause,if they sit for hours on rags in a closed space and while you can never prevent all fires thats at least the minimum safety precautions you can do before hand.
obviously, if youve had a fire ,and theres any question about damage to the existing electrical wiring, youll want to rewire the shop or garage with new electrical wire, inside properly grounded 3/4" conduit of at least 10 ga for 110 volt outlets as the current wiring insulation is most likely compromised in any shop after a fire.

the 10lb-20 lb CO2 fire extinguishers are ideal, now you can buy a 5lb-15 lb dry chemical extinguisher, at places like home depot for under $100 each and that may sound like a huge savings, but I 100% garantee you youll regreat using one (if it works after sitting for years) simply due to the huge mess they make


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youll spend $150-$290 on a single CO2 extingisher,and ideally youll want two or more.
but I doubt youll find a better value in shop security,
and no one Ive ever talked to regretted having one handy,
when thier car or shop caught fire

(most CO2 versions are refillable)

http://www.globalindustrial.com/searchResult?searchBox=&q=Fire+Extinguisher+Carbon+Dioxide+

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ITS a good idea to have your trash cans made of metal, with lids
and store them outside of the shop,
a plastic trash can can,t contain or limit the contents if they catch on fire,
nearly as well, and you might be amazed at the number of random combos of oil,
trash and solvents that can spontainuosly ignite

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