No but the money must come from somewhere to replace all these extinguishers. One of the reasons corporations carry insurance.Why, you gonna litigate?
No but the money must come from somewhere to replace all these extinguishers. One of the reasons corporations carry insurance.Why, you gonna litigate?
I've gone to their web page and loaded in the numbers for every FE I own. Some were affected, some not, according to their web page. Didn't notice "horizontal/vertical ".This, from a friend. I'm just the messenger, please. Ron
Turns out the information Kidde initially provided for the recall is flawed. Surprise!
They sent me an e-mail saying "... we noticed that there was some information that was incomplete." The e-mail contained a Recall Identification Guide. Turns out I only have one of the recalled units.
Only the fire extinguishers with a VERTICAL pin are being recalled.
The extinguishers with a HORIZONTAL pin are not being recalled.
------ George , Annapolis, MD
Yes, I see that on Amazon, same price, but no reviews yet. They look like the 2.5 lb. size, which I think means 2.5 lb. of ingredient.Amazon has a 4 pack of First Alert 10BC's for 80 + 15 shipping - haven't looked at reviews yet...
Les
There were good reviews on other sites that were 4/5. I suspect you are right on the size. Must be a minimum of two pounds dry chemical to qualify as B1. The 10 in the middle numbers is the square feet it will cover. So two minimum on our sized boat. I passed CG inspection with 2 10BC’s so six will do jus fine. 2 aft cabin, one Nav station, 1 engine/galley, 1 lazerette, 1 v-birth, last one don’t know.Yes, I see that on Amazon, same price, but no reviews yet. They look like the 2.5 lb. size, which I think means 2.5 lb. of ingredient.
Got mine about two weeks ago and they are bigger than the ones recalled.Today, I received four fire extinguishers from KIDDE that are replacements for the extinguishers that were part of the recent recall. Still waiting on three more replacements that were sent under a different ID number. Kidde included Fed Ex shipping labels and instructions for repacking the defective units in the boxes in which the replacement extinguishers were shipped. I know that some of you mentioned in previous posts that in prior recalls, return of the defective units was not required. Perhaps this recall is so extensive that they want the old ones returned. Guess that they want to minimize the product liability and legal consequences by getting as many defective units out of service. I am pleased that they are replacing seven of my extinguishers; not much effort on my part to repack the defective units and calling Fed Ex for pickup. You should be receiving your extinguishers soon.
Richard, the red cylinders that I received are slightly larger in diameter. The old mounting bracket straps are approximately 1/4" too short to latch around the cylinder. The new mount does not have straps. I am still waiting to receive the white marine version; would hope that there are straps to secure to cylinder in the mount for use on the boat.Got mine about two weeks ago and they are bigger than the ones recalled.
Me, too. I should have taken notes (I thought I had, but now can't find any).I had a problem entering some of the required data on the Kidde site, so I placed a call to their recall number.