10kg Co2 trolley Extinguishers

[firefightercw1]

hi, an op directive came out in 2007 regarding the servicing of 10kg Co2 trolley extinguishers. the lances are sent away to chubb where they are repainted, tested and sent back with a refirbushment date on. My question is, what is the time scale that the lance can last for??

for example

say i got a lance with a refirbushment date of April 09, and i attach it to a 10kg Co2 trolley for initial service December 09. Now in december 2010 that extinguisher will need to have an annual / basic service, and the lance sent away to chubb. But the lance by my understanding is only serviceable for 1 year. where as the example above it will be 18 months old. Can anyone shed any light on this please, i cant get an answer out of people and people at my place didnt even know about this directive in the first place.

cheers

[AnthonyB]

Directive from who?

The only statutory requirements for testing that I can think of would come under service intervals recommended for high pressure pipelines under the Pressure Systems Regulations as CO2 trolleys are not covered specifically by BS5306-8 and their manufacture falls outside the scope of EN3 as they are not hand portable and BS EN 1866-2005 for mobile extinguishers only covers Water, Foam & Powder.

Without further info I would normally replace or test the hose and lance as part of the 10 year overhaul & pressure test of the cylinder

[firefightercw1]

The Lance is to be sent away every year, a replacement fitted. i was just asking if there was a time limit on how long the lance could be kept from its refirbushment date. cheers though