fire extinguishers (thanks to who posted it )

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Originally Posted by shendog

You ever come across older extinguishers? I just got 5 American Lafrance soda acid extinguishers with a stainless steel body and a brass handle. 3 are empty and 2 are still full. Didnt find much online as far as selling for more than scrap. Whats the best way to get rid of the soda acid if i want to break them down for scrap or ship whole?

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depending on how old they are, some people collect old fire extinguishers. You could always talk to some of the local fire departments.

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Originally Posted by shendog

You ever come across older extinguishers? I just got 5 American Lafrance soda acid extinguishers with a stainless steel body and a brass handle. 3 are empty and 2 are still full. Didnt find much online as far as selling for more than scrap. Whats the best way to get rid of the soda acid if i want to break them down for scrap or ship whole?

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Looks like they could be items of interest to vintage fire fighting equipment collectors.
Vintage Brass Underwriters American LaFrance Foamite Soda Acid Fire Extinguisher | eBay

Lots of hits on Google refering to the LaFrance models

Ed

Thanks cory for posting this info, and thank you shendog for the bump. This is a great idea!

They are very collectable. One scrap yard near me has 20 or 30 of them up on a shelf. Its amazing that someone turned them in for the brass.

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Originally Posted by shendog

You ever come across older extinguishers? I just got 5 American Lafrance soda acid extinguishers with a stainless steel body and a brass handle. 3 are empty and 2 are still full. Didnt find much online as far as selling for more than scrap. Whats the best way to get rid of the soda acid if i want to break them down for scrap or ship whole?

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if the soda acid is the same stuff i get is isnt hazardous, with you just having two id just toss it in the trash, just an idea and i dont have time for it but one of the guys i get them from makes lamps out of some of them, and the stainless ones would make a good looking lamp, alot of firefighters are die hard with their job and collect all sorts of stuff

Thanks guys, i think i'll blow out the soda acid, see if i can unscrew the tops to clean them out, and then put on CL or eBay. Maybe even make a lamp lol. Great suggestions....will let you know how it goes.

I just found a deal where I can get two storage sheds full of fire extinguishers. But, I am a little hesitant to take them, because I don't know where to get rid of the powder. It would be easy enough to spray them in a barrel. But what about the ones that have powder but no pressure? If I saw them in half I would get metal shavings in the powder. Then nobody would want to reuse it. If I sheared them in half the bottom half would still be full of powder. Because the shear would smash it shut. What do you guys do? I know I would have powder all over the place...haha

I've seen that discussed in another thread IB, might try looking through the "similar threads" links on bottom the page