Old fire control equipment

[Mike Lamb]

Red Comet is still in business. You can buy this 1950's? automatic fire control on eBay for about $40.

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The company also used to make these grenades for fire control which was a glass ball filled with some kind of fire extinguishing liquid that you could whip at a fire.

[Bill Kibbel]

The company also used to make these grenades for fire control which was a glass ball filled with some kind of fire extinguishing liquid that you could whip at a fire.

It's the same thing. That's just a metal canister with the glass fire-suppression grenade inside.

You have to open the cap and read the label on the glass to reveal if it contains carbon tetrachloride or CM7.

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-advic ... zard.shtml

[Mark P]

Nice article Bill!

[aschauer82]

The company also used to make these grenades for fire control which was a glass ball filled with some kind of fire extinguishing liquid that you could whip at a fire.

It's the same thing. That's just a metal canister with the glass fire-suppression grenade inside.

You have to open the cap and read the label on the glass to reveal if it contains carbon tetrachloride or CM7.

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-advic ... zard.shtml

I kinda like that the direction says through grenade. My fire extinguisher sucks by comparison.