Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher

The Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher is More Practical to Use

Dry powder fire extinguisher is safe to use on most kinds of fire, (Class A, B & C) - fires that are caused by petrol, oil, fat, paint, solvents, grease, propane, butane and natural gas, as well as fires starting from defective electrical equipment. Since these are multi-purpose types, it could be a good decision to buy these kinds of extinguishers for your business and even your home. They could cost you less in terms of expense. The user does not have to worry that he may not be using the right kind of extinguisher for the fire he is trying to put out. As these dry powder fire extinguishers can be used against three classes of fires the user no longer has these doubts and allows him to just go ahead with the fire fighting equipment he is using.

The effect of the powder in the dry powder fire extinguishers is to "knock out" the flames of fires involving flammable liquids, such as paints, or gases (cooking gas, etc). Standard dry powder fire extinguishers work well only on burning liquids - however the new multi-purpose type is more effective on other types of fire, especially on burning solids.

The multi-purpose dry powder fire extinguisher comes in a variety of types, which are filled with powder and pressurized with nitrogen. The range of the jet is 4 to 7 meters and the discharge time is 6 to 21 seconds. Both, the extinguisher jet range and the discharge time, are variable depending on the type of extinguishers. Some types have a controllable discharge facility to lengthen the discharge time, depending on the status of the fire.

The BC is the standard type of dry powder fire extinguisher, and has in it as cylinder contents sodium bicarbonate or potassium bicarbonate. When used, the chemical contents from the extinguisher leave some corrosive sediment, which needs immediate cleaning to prevent further damage to materials.

The ABC type is the multipurpose dry powder fire extinguisher, which has contents of mono-ammonium phosphate, a yellowish powder that also leaves a sticky residue that could cause damage to electrical equipment, like computers. They need cleaning immediately after the fire is out.

There are the usual instructions that come with the package on how to use these types of fire extinguishers and you have to be familiar with them the soonest that you can, after buying the units. You will be remiss if you and your people do not train yourself on the proper use of the dry powder fire extinguisher long before a fire occurs.

You will be helpless if you neglect studying how to use the dry powder fire extinguisher ahead of time and fumble only as you desperately try to find out how to use it already in an emergency. You could just be wasting your money in buying these types of fire extinguishers when you will be ignorant on their use when the time comes.