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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
"...I replaced one of my portables this season as I noticed that the pressure had dropped out of the "green"...."
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The "Kidde" extinguishers you buy at Home Depot
formerly had a little window in the box, so you could determine its condition by the gauge before you bought it.
No longer.
It should read "above full" when purchased, or it will have already started to slowly lose its pressure.
In the family's cars, I've mounted them horizontally in front of the passenger seat after having moved the seat all the way forward, and the seat-bottom bolster (if it had one) all the way forward. Passengers don't seem to be annoyed by the presence.
There is a compacting problem with the dry-chemical extinguishers; however, jarring them up-side-down just before using them will assure proper spraying.
So far, I've put out two fires: an English car
at a stop light, and a mechanic-friend who pulled a gasoline-soaked carpet out from under a sports car at the same time he dropped his lit cigarette.
I'm sold.
