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Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Fire Extinguisher | Health and Safety

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We are going discuss hydrostatic test of stored pressure type fire extinguisher what you're going to see full hydrostatic test here, we wanted to give you guys a little bit of idea on how that works whether you are a fire equipment distributor or an end-user.  First, you need to take the extinguisher apart, then get the top off and then go ahead and clean off the tube then clean out the head of the extinguisher you can see there's a lot of foreign matter and dust particles and things inside, blow all that out, run a nylon brush through and then check that valve stem and the spring and make sure that everything is in good working condition. remember that the only difference between six-year care down and the hydrostatic test is simply that you need to fill that shelf full of water you need to pressurize it to three times its operating pressure and a hydrostatic test you need to record all that as opposed is just doing an internal examination and external examination o...
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