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DamnCanadian
Jan 3, 2005

Perpetuating the stereotype since 1978.

I recently bought a 200-year-old house. When we were doing the home inspection, something like one of these fire suppression grenades was hanging in the cellar. The home inspector said, "This thing needs to come out, stat."

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DamnCanadian
Jan 3, 2005

Perpetuating the stereotype since 1978.

Volcott posted:

Did you take pix?

Unfortunately, no; it was there for the inspection, but was gone once we took possession. It looked like one of those grenades, but made of red and white glass, suspended from a piece of twine inside a minimal brass wire cage. I guess if there was a fire, it would burn through the twine, dropping the the grenade. The cage was probably to keep it from being accidentally knocked down.

It was hanging about 5 1/2 feet off the floor, so I'm having a hard time thinking that tiny little grenade could have done much against a fire with flames that high.

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