David I'm far from an expert on this subject but I do know this. Powder extinguishers like the one that comes 'issue' in a Westy will pack down over time, just sitting in a rack on the wall. The industry apparently refers to this as 'bricking up', at least that's the term I ran into today on a website for an extinguisher vendor. And I'd expect that the vibration in a vehicle would make this even worse, just perfect to settle the powder. (If anyone has info to the contrary that would be great to hear). What many have done is take the original unit and store it for use in future restoration and replace it with a newer unit. And as far as I can remember the OEM extinguisher does not have a gauge on it to tell you if it still has pressure and I don't think they can be refilled. I could be wrong on that, mine is buried down in my storage unit and I'm not going to go down to check. I'm carrying a Halon extinguisher. On Jan 26, 2008 5:19 PM, <Dvdclarksn@aol.com> wrote: > I we still have our original factory fire extinguisher that has > thankfully never been used can they be refilled by your local fire > extinguisher supply/service company? Anyone have any experience here? I have > periodically taken mine out of the bracket and tapped/shaken it but doubt > that it would be of any use in a true emergency. I like the idea of keeping > everything original though. > > |
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