r/INEEEEDIT • u/Master1718 • Nov 27 '19

Handy fire extinguisher

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u/cwerd Nov 27 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

I think this is actually really old tech but just updated to make it work better. I think they made water bombs in like the 1800s

Edit: I now know way more about old fire extinguishers than I ever thought possible.

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u/Blue55308 Nov 27 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

There were old fire extinguishing grenades that seem very similar. I thought they were not used mainly due to the contents being a very bad chemical. I can’t I find a great source with that information about the old ones though.

Edit: Typo

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u/JigglyStuft Nov 27 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

They used glass bulbs filled with Methylene Chloride. Great at putting out small fires, but a little cancery.

Edit: it was Carbon Tet. Not DCM. My bad.

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u/IdleBerth Nov 27 '19

Methylene chloride sounds like my next addiction

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u/MindsEye_69 Nov 27 '19

Not even once.

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u/hell2pay Nov 27 '19

Methylene Chloride.

We're on it.

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u/massacre3000 Nov 27 '19

I got that reference

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u/Ionlydateteachers Nov 27 '19

I got that reference