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Dry powder essentially "suffocates" a fire by displacing the oxygen necessary to maintain the flame. Which takes out one of the three vital things a fire needs, heat, oxygen and fuel.
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Why can you put out the television fire by Dry powder fire extinguisher?
Because that is what the Dry powder (or Dry Chem.) is made for.
How do you put out a LPG fire?
Use a dry powder extinguisher or foam (guess)
What does a powder fire extinguisher put out?
wind
How much does a fire extinguisher make?
A fire extinguisher tech makes around $32.52 an hour. All fire extinguishers are designed to put out fires. A Dry extinguisher uses a powder or gas rather than a liquid and someone gets paid to make these.
What are dry fire extinguishers designed to do?
ALL fire extinguishers are designed to put out fires. A Dry extinguisher uses a powder or gas rather than a liquid, and cuts off the oxygen to the fire. They can be used in freezing conditions where a water type extinguisher would be useless.
What are dry extinguishers designed to do?
ALL fire extinguishers are designed to put out fires. A Dry extinguisher uses a powder or gas rather than a liquid, and cuts off the oxygen to the fire. They can be used in freezing conditions where a water type extinguisher would be useless.
What type of fire would you use a powder fire extinguisher for?
There is no liquid powder extinguisher on the market.
What does a fire extinguisher put out is it fire or wind?
Extinguish means "put out", so a fire extinguisher puts out fire.
What can put out fire?
a fire extinguisher can put out a fire
You fire extinguisher is labeled b1 what type of fire will be put out with this extinguisher?
It will put out burning fluids.
How do you put out chemical fire?
As with any other fire, you smother it, cool it or remove the fuel or any combination. For small fires that can be dealt with using a portable fire extinguisher, you would use an ABC dry powder or CO2, unless the chemical was known to be reactive to those.
What can be used to put out a fire?
Fire extinguisher
