Reply With Quote"but I've been told the cheap ones with plastic fittings cannot be re-charged."
Exactly what I was told when I went to try and recharge my old one. But those inexpensive small ones at Canadian Tire have a 6 year warranty, which is pretty good.
If you get it to a accredited professional - great! Not to to sound cavalier but why not do it yourself? Our Health & Safety crew at work do exactly as noted above- if the pin has not been pulled and the guage is well in the green, turn upside down, bang the bottom with a rubber mallet and shake. Profisher's an expert but I've been told the cheap ones with plastic fittings cannot be re-charged.Originally Posted by directmule
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"but I've been told the cheap ones with plastic fittings cannot be re-charged."
Exactly what I was told when I went to try and recharge my old one. But those inexpensive small ones at Canadian Tire have a 6 year warranty, which is pretty good.
Last edited by Saxe Point; 06-03-2012 at 05:59 AM.
I had a discussion with Transport Canada guys this past spring. As per industry standards, they require an annual inspection tag.
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When I took my Power Squadron course, we took a fire fighting course at the fire department. It was a great learning experience. They showed us how you would fight a fire on a boat in close quarters. They also told us about proper extinguisher placement, meaning someplace that everyone can see it and grab it if a fire was to start. The thing that I learned the most was those small fire extinguishers are almost useless. They would almost put the fire out and then the extinguisher would be empty, and the fire would start up again and there you are still standing there with a fire and a empty fire extinguisher. They other thing was how many extinguishers that did not work, the firemen told us that this was quite common.
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Just wondering, is that for pleasure craft or commercial?
I cant remember the price but it was cheaper than buying new. My insurance requires them to be up to date and a certain size.There not the cheap plastic ones though.
AGAIN ask a professional theres lots of different rules and regs that apply as they change all the time.....they will know
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Ok, I'll weigh in here....all portables that are either in a public building, a commercial truck/van boat etc must be annually inspected and tagged. Dry chem's are recharged every 6 years from the date of manufacture. They get a hydro test as well after 12 years. The 6 year recharge is about half the price of new...so worth doing. The cost of a hydro & recharge at 12 years on 5 pound ext'ers and smaller is not worth it. Your bill to fix will be the same as replacing. I only hydro 10 pounds and larger. Co2 are hydro tested and recharge every 5 years. They are expensive to replace as new so we always hydro and recharge them. Don't buy portables with plastic valve bodies. They are more prone to leaking from diferent expansion rates between metal and plastic...often the are slightly under size from commercial portables: ie...Can Tire sells one that looks like a 5pound but is actually only 4 pounds...they can sell cheaper. Also plastic nozzles often have no inner or outer thread for the shops to hook a pressure vessel up to...so they can't be recharged and they are only good for 6 years instead of 12. Our shop guarantees our recharges for the full 6 years...so long as you haven't discharged it, removed the pin, dropped it etc. They do leak on their own once and awhile and that is why they get certified and why it is good to deal with a shop that will stand behind new sales and recharges. Now you know everything about portables
I should have mentioned that because all recharges are from the date of manf. you should always find that date on any retail store purchased fire ext. The stores seem to be better now, but a few years ago it wasn't uncommon to see "low priced on sale" portables that were already 3 or 4 years old still new on the shelf. So you were only 2 years from having to spend money on a recharge instead of 6 years. So not really a good deal.
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