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Class A fire extinguishers are used on Class A fires, that is, "ordinary combustibles" such as wood, paper, cloth, rubber and small amounts of plastics.
Because it may contain conductive water, a Class A should never be used on an any other type of fire -- there could be a dangerous reaction.
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∙ 14y agoClass A fires are fires that leaves behind ash, including wood, paper, foliage, etc. A Class A extinguisher is optimized for this type of fire, but doesn't work as well (or sometimes at all) on class C (chemical and grease, or "boiling" fires) or Class C (electrical) fires.
Class D fires (potassium, aluminum, etc.) are rare outside the laboratory and not typically considered in selection of an extinguisher for the average user.
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∙ 13y agoClass A fires are wood, paper, fabric, and garbage or similar fires. Class C fires are any fire where energized electronics are involved.
Water mist fire extinguishers are only rated class AC. Dry chemical extinguishers are available as class ABC, as are larger halon and other clean agent extinguishers.
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∙ 13y agoA class A fire extinguisher is used for Ordinary Combustible fires (paper, wood, cardboard, etc...)
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∙ 11y agoA type A or Class A fire extinguisher is used on a Class A fire, that is, one involving "ordinary combustibles" such as paper, cloth, wood and small amounts of plastics.
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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.
What fire extinguisher for electric fire?
A Class C fire extinguisher.
What fire extinguisher for electrical fire?
A Class C fire extinguisher.
What is class c fire extinguisher is used for?
A class C fire extinguisher is used for electrical fires. A all purpose A, B, C extinguisher can also be used.
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 class fire extinguisher would put a hairdryer out?
Assuming the fire is caused by an electrical problem, you would need a class c extinguisher.
What type of fire extinguisher would be most suitable to use on a fire in a faulty washing machine?
class c fire extinguisher
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 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.
For an electrical fire what kind of fire extinguisher should i use?
Anything with a class "C" rating
What can ABC fire extinguisher be used on?
General purpose extinguisher, can be used for most fires (except cooking fats)
What type of fire extinguisher is the best to douse an electrical fire?
Class C - it will be indicated with a blue circle. It uses a dry chemical to put out the flames.These types of extinguisher are often found as BC or ABC-class extinguishers, which work on any of the listed class of fires.Do NOT use a Class A extinguisher on an energized electrical fire. First turn of the electricity, if that is the only extinguisher you have.class CClass C
