The fire extinguisher in my garage is almost 20 years old now and the pressure gauge is right at the edge of the red zone. That means it’s time to order a new one!
Decided to get two because it seems like a good idea to have one out by the grill (and they’re a better deal that way) 👍
Very excited because this means I get to play teach the kids how to properly use a fire extinguisher with the old one! Been a while since we used the fire pit out back…
Mine has “expired” in 2016 but the needle is still in the green zone. At times I spin the bottle around a bit and then put it back to keep it active.
I ws trained in the use of extinguishers while in the Army. We used expired extinguishers from a maintenance company. They explained that they had to be maintained every 3 years, not because loss of pressure, but because seals and mechanisms could get stuck. Don’t be in a sense of false security
As others said, replace it (service it if you can, doesn’t hurt to have redundancy anyhow). Don’t mess around with safety equipment, you want to be sure it works when you need it (and hope you never do), applies to everything from ppe to devices.
get a new on, those gauges are wrong way too often for a piece of safety equipment