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Posted by: brcacti Oct 22 2020, 04:50 PM

saw some b and c extinguishers at home depot on sale would that work for the 914s?

Posted by: bkrantz Oct 22 2020, 05:42 PM

Can you provide a link?

I recently bought Purple K extinguishers for all my cars.

Posted by: brcacti Oct 22 2020, 05:54 PM

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Code-One-5-B-C-Rated-Disposable-Fire-Extinguisher-21028347/312602847
for about $10. disposable

Posted by: second wind Oct 22 2020, 06:23 PM

Aren't these the type that destroy your engine metal? Where can you get a superior type for a good price? Appreciate your post though and correct me if I am wrong. Thank you very much.
gg

Posted by: Coondog Oct 22 2020, 07:33 PM

While I only use purple K fire extinguishers, the dry powder ABC extinguishers get a bum wrap about the damage they do. All powder extinguishers make a mess but if you wash it off they wont do any more or less harm then a fire would do.
Wash it off and your good, of course the fire department will do that for you.

Buy a Purple K and let someone else go to Home Depot.

Posted by: second wind Oct 22 2020, 08:17 PM

Aren't these the type that destroy your engine metal? Where can you get a superior type for a good price? Appreciate your post though and correct me if I am wrong. Thank you very much.
gg

Posted by: Coondog Oct 22 2020, 09:23 PM

Wash it off and the problem goes away. To answer your question correctly if you leave in on your engine for a long period of time, then yes. But who does that ?? Purple K extinguishers put out fuel fires far better then other dry power extinguishers. Again wash of the residue.

Purple-K, also known as PKP, is a dry-chemical fire suppression agent used in some dry chemical fire extinguishers.[1] It is the second most effective dry chemical in fighting class B (flammable liquid) fires after Monnex (potassium allophanate), and can be used against some energized electrical equipment fires (USA class C fires). It has about 4–5 times more effectiveness against class B fires than carbon dioxide, and more than twice that of sodium bicarbonate. Some fire extinguishers are capable of operation in temperatures down to −54 °C or up to +49 °C. Dry chemical works by directly inhibiting the chemical chain reaction which forms one of the four sides of the fire tetrahedron (heat + oxygen + fuel + chemical chain reaction = fire). To a much smaller degree it also has a smothering effect by excluding oxygen from the fire. "Dry chemical" extinguishers, such as Purple-K, are different from "dry powder" extinguishers that are used to fight Class D flammable metal fires. PURPLE K extinguishers contain specially fluidized and siliconized potassium bicarbonate dry chemical which is particularly effective on Class B flammable liquids and pressurized gases. ... ABE dry chemical (ammonium phosphate) fire extinguishing agent is known to cause corrosion to aluminum aircraft components.


Buy them from Amazon. Pretty cheap insurance.

Posted by: Coondog Oct 22 2020, 09:26 PM

5 BC fire extinguisher is only rated to put out 5 square feet of a fuel fire.

Great ext for the kitchen or inside your motorhome but other then that not much fire power, excuse the pun......