Nice!! Another tip is that if you don’t have a schrader valve you can go to Home Depot or Lowe’s with your extinguisher hose and go to the air compressor fitting department and they should have a display where you can screw your hose into the right size adapter. When you determine the right size male adapter pick one up. When you refill using the adapter unscrew the hose and screw in the adapter. It works great! I’ve picked one up and tried it.
99 percent of them I find at the scrap metal pit, however every once in a while someone gives them to me or I buy them (I rarely buy them since they’re so heavy to ship)
@@nics-systems-electric general is rare! Water extinguishers will work perfectly fine on 100 PSI. Most of them actually use that as standard operating pressure so go ahead and have Some funwith it
@@FireAlarmDude5967 I've seen images of red K class extinguishers by Amerex. Amerex marks 'CG' on Coast Guard extinguishers right? I just discovered this channel, don't know too much about extinguishers
U mentioned u hate when the gauge doesn’t line up with directions. I service fire extinguishers mostly abc dry chem . And when I come across one with the gauge and directions crooked I retire it. Not safe
They r always filled with nitrogen as an expelling gas. Co2 is not safe at all to fill it with because it will not only freeze the water making it unusable it will build up dangerous pressure and explode the extinguisher. The co2 extinguishers r made of very thick metal because their rated for 3,000psi as where the water cannon ones r rated for only 300psi, don’t fill it above their test pressure or their operation pressure unless ur a certified technician and r able to do hydros. Don’t want it to blow up and kill or injure u
Yes compressed air is much safer then co2 is. Just make sure to not overcharge it because then the gauge will eventually become defective and u won’t know how full it is because water gauges r more sensitive then dry chem gauges. Any other questions feel free to reach out, just be safe about what ur doing and u should be fine
I did not hear that about fireaid. But I’m glad ur being safe about ur hydro dates and filling. I prefer recharging dry chem units because that’s what I have done for 3 yrs now and water units r easy but to hydro them u gotta fill me up all the way dump the water then fill me back up with the right amount of water. Dry chem is also easier to work with in my opinion. Plus it’s fun to discharge in a controlled environment where it’s easy to clean up lol
It should be just fine. Just don’t put it in service in a commercial building if it’s over or undercharged. The Fire Marshall might not like that. And the dent u mentioned is just fine as long as it’s not in use in a building. All of the extinguishers in my collection r due for service but still in the green so they still work
Nice!! Another tip is that if you don’t have a schrader valve you can go to Home Depot or Lowe’s with your extinguisher hose and go to the air compressor fitting department and they should have a display where you can screw your hose into the right size adapter. When you determine the right size male adapter pick one up. When you refill using the adapter unscrew the hose and screw in the adapter. It works great! I’ve picked one up and tried it.
FYI Amerex is still making these under the 250N model # for the US Navy.
Really cool video! Foam extinguishers are really neat!
Nice! I really like those foam extinguishers.
I do too shame they’re discontinued
@@FireAlarmDude5967They are? Is it because the AFFF makes you sick
That would fight the fire!
Neat!
The “ take the hose off and put the air nozzle “ trick works but you better be prepared to be covered in foam because my dad did it for me
Yes
Just curious where do you get your extinguishers im a collector
99 percent of them I find at the scrap metal pit, however every once in a while someone gives them to me or I buy them (I rarely buy them since they’re so heavy to ship)
@@FireAlarmDude5967 oh okay thanks for telling me yeah their expensive to ship
Cool video I got a water extinguisher for free the other day but I can’t recharge it because my compressor will only go up to 100 psi
Nice! What brand?
@@anthonypasculli6980 general
@@nics-systems-electric general is rare! Water extinguishers will work perfectly fine on 100 PSI. Most of them actually use that as standard operating pressure so go ahead and have Some funwith it
@@FireAlarmDude5967 OK the general extinguisher says two fill to 150 psi it’s from 1962
@@nics-systems-electric I have the same one from 1963 and mine works 💯 fine on 100 psi
Both water and foam extinguishers discharge at 55sec
Cool
I like foam extinguishers
Same
@@FireAlarmDude5967 I think you are really cool and you are good at explaining and showing fire extinguishers
I think that you are so cool and you are good at explaining and showing fire extinguishers
very epic
For sure
Are there red water ones in the US?
I think the coast guard uses them
@@FireAlarmDude5967 I've seen images of red K class extinguishers by Amerex. Amerex marks 'CG' on Coast Guard extinguishers right? I just discovered this channel, don't know too much about extinguishers
@@FireAlarmDude5967 I also saw that some ABC Extinguishers for marine use are chrome
U mentioned u hate when the gauge doesn’t line up with directions. I service fire extinguishers mostly abc dry chem . And when I come across one with the gauge and directions crooked I retire it. Not safe
Good on job. Bothers me when I see it lol
They r always filled with nitrogen as an expelling gas. Co2 is not safe at all to fill it with because it will not only freeze the water making it unusable it will build up dangerous pressure and explode the extinguisher. The co2 extinguishers r made of very thick metal because their rated for 3,000psi as where the water cannon ones r rated for only 300psi, don’t fill it above their test pressure or their operation pressure unless ur a certified technician and r able to do hydros. Don’t want it to blow up and kill or injure u
Yes compressed air is much safer then co2 is. Just make sure to not overcharge it because then the gauge will eventually become defective and u won’t know how full it is because water gauges r more sensitive then dry chem gauges. Any other questions feel free to reach out, just be safe about what ur doing and u should be fine
I did not hear that about fireaid. But I’m glad ur being safe about ur hydro dates and filling. I prefer recharging dry chem units because that’s what I have done for 3 yrs now and water units r easy but to hydro them u gotta fill me up all the way dump the water then fill me back up with the right amount of water. Dry chem is also easier to work with in my opinion. Plus it’s fun to discharge in a controlled environment where it’s easy to clean up lol
It should be just fine. Just don’t put it in service in a commercial building if it’s over or undercharged. The Fire Marshall might not like that. And the dent u mentioned is just fine as long as it’s not in use in a building. All of the extinguishers in my collection r due for service but still in the green so they still work