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Thread: Fire extinguisher size? Trivia!
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02-12-2004, 12:51 PM #1Junior Member
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Fire extinguisher size? Trivia!
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02-12-2004, 01:28 PM #2Member
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OK, I'll take a stab at it...
Is it because the "vintage" water/liquid extinguishers were soda/acid extinguishers and they had to have the extra quart for the acid solution that got mixed with the sodium solution in order to start the chemical reaction that propelled the liquid from the extinguisher??
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02-12-2004, 03:43 PM #3Junior Member
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We really don't know!
This is a trivia question that a Asst. Chief gave to a booter class and they haven't been able to find out. Needless to say neither has anyone else including our other officers.
We did come up with one answer: The siphon tube does not reach the bootom of the extinguisher and you loose approx. .25 gallon in the bottom that can not be expelled. This answer seems logical but we have not been able to confirm it as the reason. The previous response makes sense as well.
If anyone has an answer please post! Anyone that can affirm either of these two answers please let us know!
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02-12-2004, 03:51 PM #4MembersZone Subscriber
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One possibility is that the extinguishers were originally made in the UK, and the UK gallon is bigger than the U.S gallon.
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