It will cost 36 dollars or less

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So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago, and I googled and called the place nearest me, and I described my fire-extinguisher and asked how much to recharge.
And he said "36 dollars or less". Every other merchant says "$N or more", "Prices start at X dollars." What's going on here? He had an eastern European accent, I think.
It turns out they sell these things, a Kidde 340, for 21 dollars plus
14 dollars shipping, never used but recharged, on ebay, for a total of35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80)

eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Bidtopia

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[nq:1]So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago, and I googled and called the place nearest ... of 35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80) eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Bidtopia[/nq]
Did you ever price a new one, I junk them when they get low, its not worth the headache recharging them unless you have lots of them

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[nq:1]So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago, and I googled and called the place nearest ... ebay, for a total of 35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80)[/nq]
When I asked a shop about this, I was told it's cheaper to buy a new one.

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[nq:2]So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two ... to recharge. And he said "36 dollars or less". [/nq]
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[nq:2]eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Bidtopia[/nq]
[nq:1]Did you ever price a new one, I junk them when they get low, its not worth the headache recharging them unless you have lots of them)[/nq]
I did buy a replacement for a smaller one but this one is rechargeable.
Yes I did price new ones and they are a little more than twice what reconditioned are.
Bob, perhaps recycling them has gotten more organized over time. And maybe shipping costs have gone down. This place that sells never used but recharged probably has loads, because periodically someone replaces all the fire extinguishers all over almost every building in the country, almost all of them never used. I guess the replacements are mostly reconditioned, but not all of them.
At least the first time I would take one to get recharged, I would find it very interesting to see the place where they do it. If I'm lucky, I'll get to see the shop. Of course I might not get past the counter. He he might trade me one that is already recharged for my empty one, but I'd still find the place interesting.

I'm afraid unlike some I have to suffer headaches in order to save money. I also prefer to turn the empty one into someone who will reuse it. In fact even if I bug a recharged one online, I'll probably drop the empty one off at the first guy's location, not far from me, at no cost to him, just so he can reuse it.

Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years

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[nq:1]So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago, and I googled and called the place nearest ... of 35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80) eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Bidtopia[/nq]
Call your local fire department and see who they use.

Hank

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With dry chem extinguishers, it's often cheaper to go buy a new one. Sadly, so. The one extinguisher guy I talked with for awhile, Mike. I noticed on one of his official papers on the wall, his full name is Muhammed. Which is fine with me. Looked like he knew what he was doing.
I'm like you, hate to throw out something that can be reused.

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So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago,
and I googled and called the place nearest me, and I described my
fire-extinguisher and asked how much to recharge.
And he said "36 dollars or less". Every other merchant says "$N or
more", "Prices start at X dollars." What's going on here? He had an
eastern European accent, I think.
It turns out they sell these things, a Kidde 340, for 21 dollars plus

14 dollars shipping, never used but recharged, on ebay, fora total of
35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between
70 and 80)

eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Bidtopia

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mm wrote the following:
[nq:1]So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago, and I googled and called the place nearest ... of 35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80) eBay, Amazon, Overstock, Bidtopia[/nq]
Check to see if there is a recall on those Kidde 340s. http://www.kidde.com/utcfs/Templates/Pages/Template-66/0,8070,pageId%3D70140&siteId%3D384,00.html

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

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[nq:1]With dry chem extinguishers, it's often cheaper to go buy a new one. Sadly, so. The one extinguisher guy I ... the wall, his full name is Muhammed. Which is fine with me. Looked like he knew what he was doing.[/nq]
Probably trained in Waziristan.

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Hank, calling the fire department is an excellent idea. They may well know more about fires and my kind of oven than anyone else.

Whirlpool called me back yesterday, left a message and sent an email. The email said they have no "hints", but it asked me to call back, so I will.
[nq:1]mm wrote the following:[/nq]
[nq:2]So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two ... his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80)[/nq]
[nq:1]Check to see if there is a recall on those Kidde 340s. http://www.kidde.com/utcfs/Templates/Pages/Template-66/0,8070,pageId%3D70140&siteId%3D384,00.html[/nq]Wow. Thank you. Five of the nine models recalled have 340 as the only main numbers in the model number, but I don't think it would be right to complain about losing pressure and failing to operate when needed, since I had the thing at least 10 years, maybe 15 and it worked fine. I had checked the pressure indicator once in a while and afaicr it was never higher than it was this week.. For sure it was never lower than the middle of the green area (with red areas for too much and too little pressure).

And I checked just before I used it a few days ago, and the needle was in the same place. It definitely had more output than the smaller one I used once. (It must have been on top of the stove. I don't remember it.) In fact the meter now is half way down the red low pressure area, but there is still some pressure, after 3 pretty big blasts.
Aha, these were manufactured "between October 2007 and April 2008." Mine was more likely 1995!

Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years

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[nq:1]" " " " " " "Well, I was in Home Depot and the same fire ext. was 50 dollars plus tax, 53 dollars, that these places wanted 70 to 80 dollars for.[/nq]
Strange for 2 reasons: A) Usually the web is cheaper. Here it is 20 dollars more. That's a lot.
B) Home Depot again loses the web competition,
since they didn't come up when I did google shopping for the fire extningisher. Doesn't include metal bracket which is 6 dollars but I still have the old one.
Same price and probems with lowes.
It turns out Model 340 means 3-A, 40-BC, which is really strange since the model 210, 2-A, 10-BC, is the same price.

Plus they have a third one with the same ratings** but a nylon instead of metal handle for 10 dollars less but not rechargeable and not in stock at the HD I was at. (where I was. ?)
**But no rating in the name:
Kidde Full Home Fire Extinguisher
Model # FX340GW
None are sold online, although that other refurbishing company sold on-line.
[nq:1]" [/nq]
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years

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To his credit, he was only trying to blow up extinguishers to the rated pressure.

Christopher A. Young
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[nq:1]With dry chem extinguishers, it's often cheaper to go buy a new one. Sadly, so. The one extinguisher guy I ... the wall, his full name is Muhammed. Which is fine with me. Looked like he knew what he was doing.[/nq]
Probably trained in Waziristan.

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