The powder extinguishers that I buy have a charge gauge on them. When the charge goes out of the green zone, I replace it. As to the Halon one, that is a good question that I will have to look into. Gary Masie 11562 ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Abato Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:46 am Subject: Re: [DML] New Burnt delorean pics To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > How often should an extinguisher be replaced? Mine is now 8 > years old > > Kevin Abato > On Jul 25, 2011 4:37 PM, wrote: > > I have been carrying extinguishers in my cars since the > seventies. It > saved my 67 Ford from a power steering hose fire that happened > just as I was > to put the car in a garage in the apartment complex that I lived in. > > I carry 2 extinguishers, the normal powder one and a Halon > extinguisherfor electrical fires. I hope that I will never have > to use them ever again. > > > > Gary Masie > > 11562 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: cbl1739 > > Date: Monday, July 25, 2011 10:15 am > > Subject: [DML] New Burnt delorean pics > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >> Just posted ten pics under the Photos section under Burnt > >> Deloreans on the DMCNEWS site of a extreme extra crispy burnt > >> Delorean...for those who want to see that sort of thing..this is > >> WHY on all oil based(fiberglass) bodied cars and extremely > >> important on mid/rear engined cars...you Must by all means > >> always have a fully charged fire extinguisher on board at a easy > >> to get at spot. The Fire department always gets there too late > >> to save and the end result is what you see in the pics. > >> > >> Claude > >> Bricklin > >> 1024 > >> also all > >> Fiberglass > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/