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brcacti
post Oct 22 2020, 04:50 PM
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saw some b and c extinguishers at home depot on sale would that work for the 914s?
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post Oct 22 2020, 05:42 PM
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saw some b and c extinguishers at home depot on sale would that work for the 914s?


Can you provide a link?

I recently bought Purple K extinguishers for all my cars.
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post Oct 22 2020, 05:54 PM
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QUOTE(brcacti @ Oct 22 2020, 04:50 PM) *

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


Can you provide a link?

I recently bought Purple K extinguishers for all my cars.


https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Code-One-...28347/312602847
for about $10. disposable
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post Oct 22 2020, 06:23 PM
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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.
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post Oct 22 2020, 07:33 PM
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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.
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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.

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post Oct 22 2020, 08:17 PM
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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.
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post Oct 22 2020, 09:23 PM
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QUOTE(second wind @ Oct 22 2020, 07:17 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.
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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.




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post Oct 22 2020, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE(brcacti @ Oct 22 2020, 04:54 PM) *

QUOTE(bkrantz @ Oct 22 2020, 04:42 PM) *

QUOTE(brcacti @ Oct 22 2020, 04:50 PM) *

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


Can you provide a link?

I recently bought Purple K extinguishers for all my cars.


https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Code-One-...28347/312602847
for about $10. disposable




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......
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