Where to mount fire extinguisher

[jimcle]

those 1kg fire extinguishers are only a feel good thing.. fairly useless for most fires by the time you stop etc...

I've always kept one in the kitchen at home though. When we were teenagers my brothers boiled over a pot of oil making doughnuts. Kitchen filled with smoke so quick they couldn't see a thing. One of them grabbed the small fire extinguisher and blindly sprayed white Shit everywhere. Hell of a mess but probably saved the house.


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[rinandstumpy]

mount it where you can reach it. and every 6 months you should be checking it still has pressure is not leaking and turn it upside down a few times to loosen the powder inside..after 5 years its probably a throw away as yhey are supposed to be hydrostatically tested to make sure the cylinder is still in good nick. cheaper to replace than get tested.