Fire Extinguisher in MkIV

[Peter Jones]

No mention of a date stamp. Most scrutineers will want a stamp no?

Yep,I think that must be covered by the Australian Standard rather than the CAMS Manual.

Pete

[The_Hawk]

Have you ever seen a fire extinguisher being tested?
Basically they wipe the dust off, pick it up and ensure if "feels right" then check the gauge is still in the green.... oh and they stamp the plate. Such a high tech testing procedure.

[DaveMack]

Have you ever seen a fire extinguisher being tested?
Basically they wipe the dust off, pick it up and ensure if "feels right" then check the gauge is still in the green.... oh and they stamp the plate. Such a high tech testing procedure.

Hmmm ... not the way it was done when I worked ar Wormald's, Aaron. But that was at least 20 yrs ago.

Dave

[Bluerex]

I have had the different testing processes explained to me in the past, but to avoid confusion I have posted the question on the BMSC forums. Hopefully there will be some clarification forthcoming

Charles

[The_Hawk]

Hmmm ... not the way it was done when I worked ar Wormald's, Aaron. But that was at least 20 yrs ago.

Dave

Maybe the guys that used to test my offices were just slack
What was the way back then Dave?


Will be interesting to see the official answer.

[DaveMack]

Maybe the guys that used to test my offices were just slack
What was the way back then Dave?


Will be interesting to see the official answer.

Reaching back thru the cobwebs of memory then, Aaron ... weight was the big factor and a sound record keeping regime. If the date was longer than required (think it was 12 months back then) then the gas cartridge was swapped out for a new one and if the weight was below minimum requirement, the unit required a full recharge.

But accuracy of ancient memories could be faulty.

Dave

[evorobin]

They hit it with a rubber mallet and if it doesn't go off they stamp it. I had a guy do a few of my extinguishers. As it was went to mallala they didn't even scrutineer the car

[JustCruisn]

I've screwed mine to the front of the seat.
It sits under the driver's knees, never really gets in the way. I didn't want it on the floor as it might get covered by the seat when moved forward etc.
There is already a screw in the front section, so I just had to add 1 new hole.

I dunno if it will withstand 25 G-forces though.

[zedub]

I've screwed mine to the front of the seat.
It sits under the driver's knees, never really gets in the way. I didn't want it on the floor as it might get covered by the seat when moved forward etc.
There is already a screw in the front section, so I just had to add 1 new hole.

I dunno if it will withstand 25 G-forces though.

any chance of posting a pic? ta

[Bluerex]

For those interested, this is the word from our top firey/scruit......


the extinguishers must be manufactured in accordance to AS 1841 and maintained under AS 1851.

Basically every 5 (level 4 check) years the extinguisher needs to be Hydrostaticly tested from the date of manufacture. The other checks required are a level 1 or 2, which under the standard must be done every 6 months. Shedule H contradicts the standard, so when I discovered this I spoke to technical services who agreed that it was wrong and was happy for us in Canberrs to enforce the 5 year test. Scruiteneers should be able to do the level 1 and 2 check, but should be trained appropriately.

With regard to scruiteneering, I had a chat to the Chief at ROC and he agreed that we should only really be concentrating on the 5 year pressure test and visual inspection of guage etc.

Fire bombs are in a whole other class dont go there.

Cheers


Tim