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A class C fire extinguisher is used for electrical fires. A all purpose A, B, C extinguisher can also be used.
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Class c fire extinguisher is used for?
A class C fire is an electrical fire. A class C extinguisher is approved for electrical fires.
How can a class C fire be extinguished?
By an extinguisher with a C rating. The C just means the extinguisher can be used on a live electrical fire.
What fire extinguisher for electric fire?
A Class C fire extinguisher.
What fire extinguisher for electrical fire?
A Class C fire extinguisher.
What can ABC fire extinguisher be used on?
General purpose extinguisher, can be used for most fires (except cooking fats)
Which is not a rating fire extinguisher?
class D fire extinguishers may be used on all fires?
What class fire extinguisher would put a hairdryer out?
Assuming the fire is caused by an electrical problem, you would need a class c extinguisher.
Which class of fire extinguisher should be used on electrical equipment?
As per Americal standard CLASS C is for electrical fire but in british standard it is not there because technically Electrical fire is not applicable since it will turns to CLASS A fire once it happened. so Dry Powder extinguisher is enough to extinguish the same.
What type of fire extinguisher would be most suitable to use on a fire in a faulty washing machine?
class c fire extinguisher
Why A is in triangle B is in square and C is in circle on fire extinguisher?
Those markings help to identify which class of fire each type of fire extinguisher is intended for: Class A: ordinary combustibles; Class B: flammable liquids Class C: energized electrical fires. A class A:B:C extinguisher may be used on any of these types of fires.
What type of fire extinguisher should you use for an electrical fire?
It is the Class C fires that invlove electrically energized equipments, and they are suppressed using CO2 extinguishers or dry chemical extinguishers. Certainly the use of water or water-based extinguishers or other water-based suppression equipment is not to be considered.
Which class of fire extinguisher should be used when a hot plate overheats and catches on fire?
Electrical fire is Class C as long as the electricity is on, so use a BC or ABC extinguisher, either dry chemical, carbon dioxide gas or halogenated gas.
