Fire should be looked like a living thing. It replicates the actions of a savage or a beast. It devours everything in its way like some wild animal. If you have ever witnessed a forest fire then you have seen firsthand that this is true. To stop a fire you need to suffocate it much like you would a crazed man. C02 extinguishers are used as a method to suffocate certain types of fires.

When a fire is allowed to burn freely, such as a house fire, it does so in a very out of control manner. In order to kill the hungry beast before it destroys your home and possibly harms your family or pets you need a way to smother them. The way a fire grows is it lives on fuel and oxygen, much like other living things.

Suffocating a fire involves removing the oxygen from the air it exists in. C02 extinguishers are intended to suffocate certain types of fires. C02 extinguishers contain carbon Dioxide; this gas is heavier than oxygen and takes it out of the air. By removing the oxygen the fire is living on these extinguishers suffocate the fire.

Fire falls into several classifications. These classifications are all grouped by letters. Class A fires are those that are made from standard combustible products such as paper or wood. Class B fires are the result of bringing flammable liquids such as gasoline. Class C fires are electrical fires. These are most often caused by faulty wiring that causes a spark. C02 extinguishers are used for class B and Class C fires.

While normal combustibles like paper can be put by the use of water. Water will not work well with Class B and Class C fires. Water will only cause the fire to grow and get further out of hand. This is why it is important to keep a cO2 extinguisher in your home.

The c02 inside of extinguishers is in a liquid form but when it mixes with air it transforms into a snow like substance that foams out of the extinguisher. This foam it what you see used most often to put out household fires that are caused by electricity or flammable gas.

To operate a cO2 extinguisher you will need to aim the extinguisher toward the fire then pull the plug in the handle. This plug is a safety device so the extinguisher will not go inadvertently. Once the pin has been pulled you need to squeeze the trigger (lever) to release the gas. You should point the extinguisher toward the bottom of the fire, and then spray in a side to side motion. As you put out the fire aim the extinguisher at the far edges of the fire and spray until the fire is completely put out.

Since a c02 extinguisher contains a form of dry ice it serves as a great way to chill a case of warm beer. You can place the beer in a cooler and point the extinguisher toward the beer and spray it with c02. Before drinking from the beer bottles be sure to wipe off the beer

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