bkristof Posted 5 January , 2005 Share Posted 5 January , 2005 Is this a real WW1 like fire extinguisher??? or is it a "fake" one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 5 January , 2005 Share Posted 5 January , 2005 Bkristof Sorry, I can't help you with this. Fire extinguishers are outside my limited areas of knowledge. I hope someone else can assist. Regards Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 5 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2005 Hi Gareth, too bad... i was told these were hanging inside WW1 planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott henderson Posted 6 January , 2005 Share Posted 6 January , 2005 Bkristof. When i had just joined the Royal Air Force in 1984 and was in training at R.A.F Catterick in North Yorkshire we had an old fire vehicle of WW2 vintage and that had two fire extinguishers carried as part of the vehicle equipment and they looked very like the one in the photograph. They were made from brass and carried a chemical called carbon tetra chloride as the extinguishing agent,very nasty stuff when involved in a fire as it became toxic. Not an answer to your original question but they were in use in the R.A.F in WW2. Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 6 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2005 So not of airplanes. I was already wondering if there was room enough in a plane for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8HANTS Posted 6 January , 2005 Share Posted 6 January , 2005 Hi Kristof I don't think they had self pressurised extinguishers then. The type I would expect to see would be of the all brass "Pyrene" pattern with the Tee handle at the top, which you pump by hand. Most of the WW2 versions were filled with CTC, but it was also pinched as a method of getting grease off the uniform. Just a thought, if you were going to fight a fire with either type of extingisher by squirting it into the engine, wouldn't the wash off the propeller blow it all back in your face! There was a similer type of pattern the use of which became banned about ten years ago and thousands of ex military extingishers were disposed of. ...... the other Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 6 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2005 good point Gareth. i found it suspecious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott henderson Posted 6 January , 2005 Share Posted 6 January , 2005 Bkristof & T8HANTS. Having had a closer look at the photograph it could be a B.C.F extinguisher that was activated by holding it pointing the nozzle to the ground and striking a hard surface.The extinguisher held 3Lbs --- 1.4KG of extinguishing agent and would have been used for small internal fires and not for large engine fires as they only lasted for 3-4 seconds and would have been completely useless. The M.O.D has not used this extinguishing agent for some time now as the active agent in B.C.F [brome chloro difluromethane] was damaging the ozone layer and this was in contravention of the Montreal Protocall. Hope this helps. Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 6 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2005 Bkristof & T8HANTS. Having had a closer look at the photograph it could be a B.C.F extinguisher that was activated by holding it pointing the nozzle to the ground and striking a hard surface.The extinguisher held 3Lbs --- 1.4KG of extinguishing agent and would have been used for small internal fires and not for large engine fires as they only lasted for 3-4 seconds and would have been completely useless. The M.O.D has not used this extinguishing agent for some time now as the active agent in B.C.F [brome chloro difluromethane] was damaging the ozone layer and this was in contravention of the Montreal Protocall. Hope this helps. Scott. So????? not +WW1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8HANTS Posted 6 January , 2005 Share Posted 6 January , 2005 Kristoff Is there a small dimple in the bottom of the cylinder(not the tap end)? This was how you checked if the thing was still up to pressure, if it pushed in the exstinguisher was a dud. The colour reminds me of some WW2 or 1950's aircraft parts, That nasty thin handle just dosn't look right for WW1. My vote is if it ain't dated, don't buy at WW1 prices. By the way if its got BCF in it I think it has to be disposed of properly Gareth P.S. Did you want that info Val has found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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