Fire extinguisher maintenance

[kurnal]

Yes CO2 horns can be a nice earner for the engineer. I have a copy of an invoice from one of the big nationals who charged one of my risk assessment customers £45 for a new horn and elbow on a 2kg CO2 extinguisher. The customer was not amused when I showed them the real cost of a new extinguisher on the open market. Change of contractor followed quickly.

[AnthonyB]

If the horn is genuinely damaged there are safety and efficacy issues, but if not usually the most you need is a washer unless you are choosing to upgrade to a Frost Free horn (but then again if you are adequately training staff they shouldn't hold the horn).

There are some interesting prices paid by people out there- a certain fishy company is charging £85 to refill a 6 litre foam extinguisher - cheaper than their new ones at £150+ but you could get two or three new ones from other suppliers at that recharge rate.

It's not new for prices to vary widely - recent additions to the museum collection show in the early 60's a 5lb CO2 extinguisher was around the £9 mark, yet from a certain west riding firm of note it would be £19,19s!

[TFEM]

How do some of these people sleep at night?
It can only be with contentment due to the phenomenal profits they make.
John
PS.....anyone want to buy some CO2 horns? Knockdown price of £5.00.
Knockdown I said, not knocked off!