Re: portable fire extinguisher maintenance interval

2011-07-27 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <141aad52ccfb49ba9d17e581756bc...@tamuracorp.com>, dated Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Brian Oconnell writes: >S1851, NFPA10, etc establish maintenance intervals for portable fire >extinguishers as (typically) one year. While some standards specify an >annual hydrostatic test, gage verify, etc;

portable fire extinguisher maintenance interval

2011-07-27 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
AS1851, NFPA10, etc establish maintenance intervals for portable fire extinguishers as (typically) one year. While some standards specify an annual hydrostatic test, gage verify, etc; none discuss the physical basis of this requirement. Why not 9 months or 34 months? Is there any performance or re