is on fire.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:38:30 -0700
From: Jerry Herrman jer...@san.rr.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Fire Extinguisher for Car?
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Going through my old boxes, I came across
OK Don okd...@gmail.com writes:
Carbon Tet was really good at drying out a moisture ridden MG
distrubutor
My mom had a medecine bottle of carbon tet in the laundry room cabinet
for years. Had a pharmacy label on it, apparently at some point you
must have been able to buy it there.
Allan
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Going through my old boxes, I came across this device that appears to be a
diminutive automotive fire extinguisher with mounting bracket, possibly a
rechargeable one. See the attached picture. One of you senior guys recognize
this? It looks too small to be of value in a real fire. When I turn
Looks to be a carbon tetrchloride or similar extinguisher, quite old for sure.
AHA! Googling the label, it's a 1940's Presto fire extinguisher that
is usually filled with chlorobromomethane. There seems to be a
possibility of cardiac arrest if you happen to inhale any of it...
This site has a
Anything called chlorobromomethane sounds way cool, and dangerous. EPA
will probably make you a Superfund site if they find out you have that.
--R
On 6/23/11 9:04 PM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Looks to be a carbon tetrchloride or similar extinguisher, quite old for sure.
AHA! Googling the label,
Can't read the label. It is most likely a carbon tetrachloride fire
extinguisher. They were banned about 1960. It is possible that it
is a CO2, but those generally have a cone, and i didn't see any
evidence of a cone.
Carbon Tet used to be sold under the Carbona label and was also
used
Carbon Tet was really good at drying out a moisture ridden MG distrubutor --
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Can't read the label. It is most likely a carbon tetrachloride fire
extinguisher. They were banned about 1960. It is possible that it is a
