New type of fire extinguisher. I might have to get some for the home and vehicles. I have no affiliation with this company. I just found it unique and interesting and wanted to share. God Bless

https://elementfire.com/collections/allproducts

Some interesting chemistry with this. Ironically, the main ingredient is potassium nitrate- a constituent of gunpowder.

I have a couple of them, although I've never used one.

The primary reason for the purchase was storage in a car. Unlike pressurized extinguishers, this is stable in a hot car and isn't affected by temp swings from summer to winter and there's no need to recharge it from time to time. The one downside is that unlike a squeeze extinguisher that you can start and stop, once this is set off it's going until it runs out.

Setting one off seems to be pretty easy, just like lighting a road flare.

Now I am going to be compelled to contact my old works safety training officer to apologize. I use to bitch about his mandatory annual fire safety sessions which lasted an hour. As a smart ass, I would give him crap about having to waste time listening to the same stuff I had heard in the previous 30 years of mandatory fire safety sessions.

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Originally posted by kkina:
Some interesting chemistry with this. Ironically, the main ingredient is potassium nitrate- a constituent of gunpowder.

Black powder, that is.

^Yes. Not smokeless.

Only potential issue I could see, you apparently have to get pretty close to the fire for it to work. The little extinguisher I carry in my truck will reach out maybe 6-8 feet to a fire.

I mentioned these is the car-bag thread... One thing I really like about these is that they are very effective on oil/gas fires. There is also a version with a longer "burn time" so that you can get it close (ie engine fire) and leave it there to knock down/smother the fire.

I have one next to the stove in case of grease fires, would love to get a few more for the cars. (Biggest downside to these is the price)

Pricey !!

Thankfully I haven't used one but I have one in my truck and another in the kitchen.

Leno sold me on these a couple few years ago.
And yeah, pricey but convenient and effective.