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I ended up taking my Halon bottle to a local place that services fire =
extinguishers, including Halon. Old school guy, looked at the bottle, =
hefted it, listened to the liquid sloshing around and said =E2=80=9Cthis =
is fine=E2=80=9D. He went on to say that if there was a leak the halon =
would have been gone a long time ago, that these gauges are almost =
always accurate, and that servicing would cost a few hundred bucks, =
mainly because in the process he would lose a 1/4 to a 1/2 lb of Halon =
that he would have to refill. So, it went back in the car.
I also learned that if you have those ABC fire extinguishers around the =
house or in your shop, if they have a metal top and valve, they can be =
serviced, but the ones with the black plastic valve assemblies are =
disposable. At ten years old or more, it=E2=80=99s time to replace all =
of mine. He said the thing to do before disposing is tap the valve - =
some of the fire suppressant material will end up in the valve seat and =
allow the pressure to bleed out, and that way I=E2=80=99m not tossing a =
pressurized container in the trash that will end up exploding in the =
trash truck compactor.
Scott
On Mar 9, 2019, at 5:42 PM, John Frymark MacBook <jfrymark@aol.com> =
wrote:
Scott,
I sent a Fire Bottle in 2013 to a company in Ft Myers, FL to recharge a =
=E2=80=9Cshort=E2=80=9D 5 lb canister that is no longer offered by the =
company. I liked the placement of that unit in my car and didn=E2=80=99t =
want to have to reconfigure for a different size. They had me ship to =
them as =E2=80=9Chazardous materials=E2=80=9D via UPS and shipped back =
the same way. Not much over $200 total. Interestingly, they said my 1996 =
era bottle was still almost fully charged when they checked and =
refilled. I weigh my bottle every year to make certain there hasn=E2=80=99=
t been a change in the weight/charge.
Here is the web site: www.firebottleracing.com =
<http://www.firebottleracing.com/>. I suspect not many are certified to =
deal with Halon refilling.
John Frymark
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">I =
ended up taking my Halon bottle to a local place that services fire =
extinguishers, including Halon. Old school guy, looked at the =
bottle, hefted it, listened to the liquid sloshing around and said =
=E2=80=9Cthis is fine=E2=80=9D. He went on to say that if there =
was a leak the halon would have been gone a long time ago, that these =
gauges are almost always accurate, and that servicing would cost a few =
hundred bucks, mainly because in the process he would lose a 1/4 to a =
1/2 lb of Halon that he would have to refill. So, it went back in =
the car.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I also =
learned that if you have those ABC fire extinguishers around the house =
or in your shop, if they have a metal top and valve, they can be =
serviced, but the ones with the black plastic valve assemblies are =
disposable. At ten years old or more, it=E2=80=99s time to replace =
all of mine. He said the thing to do before disposing is tap the =
valve - some of the fire suppressant material will end up in the valve =
seat and allow the pressure to bleed out, and that way I=E2=80=99m not =
tossing a pressurized container in the trash that will end up exploding =
in the trash truck compactor.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Scott<br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Mar 9, 2019, at 5:42 PM, John Frymark =
MacBook <<a href=3D"mailto:jfrymark@aol.com"; =
class=3D"">jfrymark@aol.com</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dutf-8" =
class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Scott,<div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I sent a Fire Bottle in =
2013 to a company in Ft Myers, FL to recharge a =E2=80=9Cshort=E2=80=9D =
5 lb canister that is no longer offered by the company. I liked the =
placement of that unit in my car and didn=E2=80=99t want to have to =
reconfigure for a different size. They had me ship to them as =
=E2=80=9Chazardous materials=E2=80=9D via UPS and shipped back the same =
way. Not much over $200 total. Interestingly, they said my 1996 era =
bottle was still almost fully charged when they checked and refilled. I =
weigh my bottle every year to make certain there hasn=E2=80=99t been a =
change in the weight/charge.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Here is the web site: <a =
href=3D"http://www.firebottleracing.com/"; =
class=3D"">www.firebottleracing.com</a>. I suspect not many are =
certified to deal with Halon refilling.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">John Frymark</div></div></div></div><br =
class=3D""></div></body></html>=
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