cpedw
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I've still got my mother's. It comes out annually to process the Marmalade oranges.
Water mist fire extinguisher
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JohnGC
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So the tea towel advise is from the 70s. A lid that is beside the stove is OBVIOUSLY faster--your just being stuborn old farts, defending a weak position (I do the same, at times!
I've used a lid many times. It's pointless to quible over non-existant problems, like knockding the pan over. And for heavens sake, why would you use a lid that didn't fit? That's a silly objection.
I'm sorry, but I know you folks don't approach seamanship this way.
Hard to find a fire blanket? No, not at all, just not in boat stores. Amazon, any safety supply house, Walmart. Wool army-type blankets are also fire-rated. I actually tested a WWII blanket I had. Won't burn, no way (yes, I used the official UL test methodology).
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I'm just having fun folks. I bored by being stuck inside. PLEASE don't take this ribbing seriously. Please. Just laugh. And tease back.
Nah! You're just picking the low hanging fruit and ignoring the points that don't support your entrenched position.
Given the number of house fires caused in the southern states by deep fat fryers (which are big enough for whole turkeys); I suspect the advice from that side of the pond is on a par with injecting disinfectant.
Chip pan lids have gaps in them for the basket handle; I've no idea how significant that might be. Disturbing a pan of oil (which is too hot) can cause it to ignite. It doesn't need to spill or be knocked over although they are risks.
How many pan fires have you had that you have used a lid many times? Either you're not talking about quenching a pan fire or you're exceptionally inept and fail to learn from your mistakes.
I'll let you decide which bits of this are teasing.
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rogerthebodger
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To me the problem with using a pan lid is that while holding the lid handle you will be reaching over the pan with the fire raging and could possible burn your arm.
Using a fire blanket or damp towel you throw the towel over the pan without moving your arm over the fire.
Using a fire blanket or damp towel you throw the towel over the pan without moving your arm over the fire.
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A fire is so rare I am more than happy with the lower cost of dry powder and the fact that I will have to clean up the mess. I went one size up on dry powder. My only experience of fires was an electrical fire when my motor bike burst into flames at traffic lights between my legs. At the time I was also using chewing gum to seal a pin hole in the petrol tank. Talking about stacking risks!
JohnGC
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I agree with you re pan lid. Fire blankets should be used wrapped around hands to protect them. A damp tea towel is second best in my view, it takes longer and the galley/kitchen sink may not be available if it's next to the cooker.
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PilotWolf
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I went to a call once. Old terraced house with the passage between, kitchen window opened into passage.
Little old lady had chip pan fire - threw the lot out the window! Was a pretty impressive fire!
She was like I wasn’t going to let my kitchen burn down - the fact she could have burned the terrace down didn’t cross her mind...
I also had a tv catch fire in the IUK. I was in the bath and the then girlfriend actually knocked on the door- not sure why as obviously we didn’t have secrets! - I ask what? And she comes in like she was bringing me a drink and says the TV is on fire. I fell out of the bath and unceremoniously and naked dumped it into the front garden.
Bearing in mind we lived next to a n A road I thought that was pretty brave!!!!
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Little old lady had chip pan fire - threw the lot out the window! Was a pretty impressive fire!
She was like I wasn’t going to let my kitchen burn down - the fact she could have burned the terrace down didn’t cross her mind...
I also had a tv catch fire in the IUK. I was in the bath and the then girlfriend actually knocked on the door- not sure why as obviously we didn’t have secrets! - I ask what? And she comes in like she was bringing me a drink and says the TV is on fire. I fell out of the bath and unceremoniously and naked dumped it into the front garden.
Bearing in mind we lived next to a n A road I thought that was pretty brave!!!!
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JohnGC
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PilotWolf
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Must have been some time ago. Nowadays it would be all over YouTube.
Yes a good many years ago. I jthink I joined the ambulance service in 1989 - long before social media.
I had a phone installed in my car and was ridiculed- the overtime I got being reachable paid for it 10 times over.
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thinwater
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I take the whole thing as teasing... It's funnier that way.
Uyudu
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Based on which conditions, same type of foam based extinguishers differ on water percentages? For example I need to buy an AFF-AR foam but there are %1 to %3 percentages of water mixtures.