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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They're fairly expensive, but there's a modern version of this which you hang above possible ignition sources or throw into a new fire: https://www.amazon.com/4PACK-Extinguisher-Bracket-Portable-Extinguishing/dp/B0C538CQFX

After getting one for grow lights I started putting them around the house to be able to quickly smother a fire anywhere. That model covers anything except Class D metallic fires (edit: ABC Dry Chemical isn't rated for class K oil fires either), but if I had a lithium ion battery indoors I'd absolutely be hanging a Class D-specific model above it.

[–] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope you are not relying on those exclusively.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Not exclusively. I have the point-and-spray kind as well.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

ammonium chloride, which produces gases that inhibit fire when it decomposes

I'll bet those gases do a lot more than that, too.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Some old fire extinguishers use phosgene, which was used as a chemical weapon in world war i

[–] Alisu@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I'm putting this in dnd