[Milsurplus] OT: Kidde fire extinguisher recall

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

There has been a lot of discussion of this on the boat and RV mailing lists. Some of the models involved 
date back into the 1980’s. It’s well worth checking into.

Bob

> On Dec 7, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> I just got off the phone with Kidde company, the manufacturer of fire extinguishers. I have 2, one for my vehicle and one for home.
> There is a massive recall of Kidde extinguishers. There was a car fire and the responders tried to use a Kidde extinguisher to put out the
> fire, but the plastic handle snapped so it could not discharge. The person trapped in the car burned to death, and lawsuit followed.
> Kidde has tens of millions of the recall extinguishers out there. The recall was announced a couple months ago. I finally looked up my
> two models and called today, expecting a long wait on hold, but I got right in. The call center person told me that the big rush was a
> month or so ago and it's calmed down. I told her it must be massively expensive to ship out new extinguishers – they all weigh a lot –
> and to pay to have them returned. She agreed but said it was less expensive than facing more lawsuits in the future. I thought I might
> have all kinds of hurdles dealing with the recall but it was, if everything goes as promised, very easy. They only want the model number,
> if it matches the recall series, the serial number, and the date stamped on bottom. No receipt or anything like that. So we'll see.
>  
> This is a site with a list of recalled models:
> https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/Kidde-Recalls-Fire-Extinguishers-with-Plastic%20Handles-Due-to-Failure-to-Discharge-and-Nozzle-Detachment-One-Death-Reported <https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/Kidde-Recalls-Fire-Extinguishers-with-Plastic%20Handles-Due-to-Failure-to-Discharge-and-Nozzle-Detachment-One-Death-Reported>
>  
> -Hue
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