On 9/9/2014 8:23 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 9/9/2014 8:10 PM, Frank wrote:
On 9/9/2014 8:07 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I'm astounded that two disposable units this old,
both worked.

Nice job, Walter Kidde!


I've got 2, maybe 30+ years old, with pressure gauges still showing full
pressure. Assume they are still good.

Most likely yes. Please turn the units upside
down and shake em hard, once a year. To keep
the powder from caking.

I shook the first one, but not the second. Both
worked. I "hope" in a real fire I'd remember to
shake the unit on the way to the fire.


Good suggestion.
When I worked in the lab we tested our safety showers weekly.
Back when I was in school, they didn't.
Kid in the lab accidentally set himself on fire, pulled chain of safety
shower and it broke. Others extinguished the fire and he was OK but got
scarred for life.