CO2 fire extinguishers for the home
 

I have dry fire extinguishers at home. Having dealt with the cleanup of their use elsewhere I'm thinking of buying CO2 units as replacements.

Does anyone here use them? Any brand better than others?

Vinnie? Vinnie?

The results of the dry powder stuff are ugly.

I would be a bit concerned about using CO2 in an enclosed space, but it's probably not a big issue.

Very curious to see what Vinnie says.

What about Element ones instead?

Forever chemicals???

You may as well have buckets with sand.
It will deprive fire of oxygen

CO2 has no smell. If a CO2 extinguisher is used indoors, it will displace atmospheric air containing oxygen. A person breathing pure CO2 will not know the air has no oxygen. Until they wake up after passing out....during a fire....if they ever do wake up.

CO2 is sometimes used for indoor fire protection, but those systems typically have a delay so that the human has time to vacate before the space is flooded with CO2. The space has to be unoccupied. In larger buildings with these systems, the ball valve that opens to fill the building will turn bright orange and destroy itself from the heat of all that CO2 friction.

Dry chemical is still a great choice for many fires but yeah, it makes a huge mess. I am intrigued by the Element extinguishers. Nearly ten times the operational time compared to dry chemical (depending on size, of course). No residue.

I looked at the Element but it doesn't seem all that amenable to dealing with anything more than a kitchen stove fire or maybe a small chimney fire.

I have a big honkin' CO2 that I once used to put out a neighbor's couch fire (smoker that fell asleep) that was spreading to another couch. It smothered it all, no mess other than the dead embers.