Hide and seek mishap

[Nick_H]

Was playing hide and seek with the kids yesterday, and decided to hide in the crew cabin with the youngest, in the dark so that the eldest wouldn't see the lights on. Closed the lid and SWMBO replaced the cushion and sat on top as part of the ploy, then I heard a wooshing noise and the cabin filled with thick caustic "smoke". Turns out one of us had managed to lean against the dry powder extinguisher in such a way as to knock the pin out and squeeze the trigger and empty the whole extinguisher. It's horrible stuff, immediately burns your eyes, gets on your chest, and makes any small cuts sting like hell. It took a few seconds of banging on the hatch for SWMBO to realise something was up and let us out, me sluttering and youngest crying, and then looked like the boat was on fire as white smoke billowed out of the cabin! It then took the rest of the afternoon to clean up :ambivalence:

 

[Firefly625]

incredible how these things happen, dry powder very nasty stuff (although great for fires!), what a shame, sounded a brilliant hiding place, I'm sure you would have won!

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

one of our brand new "14 plate" trucks had the same "occurrence" happen after the driver had got out and shut the door.. the air operated seat height leveller caught in the extinguisher release !!! what a mess !!!..... but being a first class git, and repeatedly telling sir this is waiting to happen, I just roared with laughter !!

 

[sarabande]

that residual powder can be agressive against electrical components. Nasty stuff to leave lying around (which I 'm sure you won't do anyway !)

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Are you sure you weren't just having a bit of fun letting off your out-of-date extinguishers....? [/injoke]

 

[Nick_H]

Are you sure you weren't just having a bit of fun letting off your out-of-date extinguishers....? [/injoke]

If I just wanted some fun i've got that old liferaft we found to set off ...

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

If I just wanted some fun i've got that old liferaft we found to set off ...

Good point ... for extra 'fun', maybe you should let that off that in the crew cabin as well?

 

[jrudge]

Friend of mine in Mallorca managed to set of the engine room extinguisher on a V42.

The gas came out with such force it cut his finger quite badly.... so nasty things.

 

[Nick_H]

Good point ... for extra 'fun', maybe you should let that off that in the crew cabin as well?

 

[AndieMac]

Was playing hide and seek with the kids yesterday, and decided to hide in the crew cabin with the youngest, in the dark so that the eldest wouldn't see the lights on. Closed the lid and SWMBO replaced the cushion and sat on top as part of the ploy, then I heard a wooshing noise and the cabin filled with thick caustic "smoke". Turns out one of us had managed to lean against the dry powder extinguisher in such a way as to knock the pin out and squeeze the trigger and empty the whole extinguisher. It's horrible stuff, immediately burns your eyes, gets on your chest, and makes any small cuts sting like hell. It took a few seconds of banging on the hatch for SWMBO to realise something was up and let us out, me sluttering and youngest crying, and then looked like the boat was on fire as white smoke billowed out of the cabin! It then took the rest of the afternoon to clean up :ambivalence:

That stuff is nasty in confined spaces, as you found out you can hardly breathe. It was bad enough when I put out a metho stove fire with a two second blast, let alone the whole cylinder as you did!