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IHRedRules · Mar 15, 2018

Today I was given this very unique fire extinguisher. Old IH extinguisher, still has the Carbon Tetra Chloride still in it, not sure how I should go about getting rid of that. Old farmer that farms with John Deeres knew that I liked IH and had been saying for a number of years he had it laying around and I could have it, but he never could find it. I got a call a few weeks ago that he had found it, so I picked it up today and added it to my collection. I'm tickled pink, because you just don't run across unusual things like that everyday. Would that have come with a new IH truck or tractor?

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centash · Mar 15, 2018

I remember seeing them as a kid in the old school we went to. Probably the same thing, except yours was likely a promotional item through IH. Cool.
Ben

Janicholson · Mar 15, 2018

You coule empty it into a glass small mouth bottle with cap, and take the liquid to the hazzardous waste disposal in your area. Do it outside, not too toxic if not burned. Jim

denglish · Mar 15, 2018

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is not particularly bad for us at least as far as brief exposure to the vapor goes. It is however bad for the ozone layer. Interesting fact, CCl4 is one of those scarce organic solvents that is denser than water (i.e. water floats on top of this solvent). It used to be widely used in chemical synthesis but has been phased out, like many refrigerants, due to harmful effects on the ozone layer.

It is somewhat dangerous to use as a fire extinguisher as it can produce phosgene gas (Cl-CO-Cl) when heated. Phosgene was a chemical warfare agent in WWI.

To get rid of the carbon tet, you may be able to find a hazardous waste location that will take it. If you do, be sure to label it because halogenated wastes (containing F, Cl, Br, or I) are disposed of separately from non-halogenated waste.

Ultradog MN · Mar 15, 2018

Not quite the same but I have this old fire extinguisher here.
It has the heat sensitive link that will make a spring loaded hammer break the glass if it gets too hot.
It too is filled with carbon tet.

wilson ind · Mar 15, 2018

I would keep the carbon tet. It is an excellent cleaner for electric motor and generator armatures. This ozone thing is over the south pole and lot of false stories presented as fact about the harm. Rather like one volcano is hundreds times worse then motor vehicles.

fixerupper · Mar 15, 2018

(quoted from post at 15:57:52 03/15/18) Not quite the same but I have this old fire extinguisher here.
It has the heat sensitive link that will make a spring loaded hammer break the glass if it gets too hot.
It too is filled with carbon tet.

We used to have one of those glass extinguishers in this house only it was red in color. I don’t know where it went to.

SweetFeet · Mar 15, 2018

Nice!!!

urbancase · Mar 15, 2018

yea I have one in my collection also, neat part of history. I have been trying to pick up as much ih and case stuff as I can.

DMartin9N-2N · Mar 15, 2018

(quoted from post at 22:56:03 03/15/18) Today I was given this very unique fire extinguisher. Old IH extinguisher, still has the Carbon Tetra Chloride still in it, not sure how I should go about getting rid of that. Old farmer that farms with John Deeres knew that I liked IH and had been saying for a number of years he had it laying around and I could have it, but he never could find it. I got a call a few weeks ago that he had found it, so I picked it up today and added it to my collection. I'm tickled pink, because you just don't run across unusual things like that everyday. Would that have come with a new IH truck or tractor?

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If I recall correctly, around 1960 a friend's dad was cleaning auto engine parts in a pan of Carbon Tet. He died from inhaling the fumes. This info was believed to be true and many people around our town heard about it. I had understood Carbon Tet had been commonly sold as a cleaning solvent, but had to be taken off the market because of its toxic nature, this back in the 1960's.

Dennis M. in W. Tenn.

dr sportster · Mar 16, 2018

I cleaned out mine in the deep sink and filled it with water.

denglish · Mar 16, 2018

You can still buy carbon tet from Sigma Aldrich chemical supply house. It's quite expensive. I'm pretty sure it's not sold for consumer use anymore (refrigerant, cleaning solvents). It was always a popular solvent for some chemists because it lacks hydrogen atoms, so you can use it readily in an NMR experiment (molecular equivalent to MRI). I have it in my lab, but rarely use it because of disposal costs which are high for all halogenated solvents. If you lived near me, I would empty for you in a fume hood and dispose of the CCl4 with my halogenated waste.

rrlund · Mar 16, 2018

It doesn't say Hudson Manufacturing anywhere in small print does it? Hudson used to build extinguishers like that here in Sheridan.

EFV · Mar 16, 2018

I have one of these style IH extinguishers too.
Internet search said it was likely on a military
truck.

Determined · Mar 16, 2018

(quoted from post at 16:56:03 03/15/18) Today I was given this very unique fire extinguisher. Old IH extinguisher, still has the Carbon Tetra Chloride still in it, not sure how I should go about getting rid of that. Old farmer that farms with John Deeres knew that I liked IH and had been saying for a number of years he had it laying around and I could have it, but he never could find it. I got a call a few weeks ago that he had found it, so I picked it up today and added it to my collection. I'm tickled pink, because you just don't run across unusual things like that everyday. Would that have come with a new IH truck or tractor?

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If you were to light a piece of paper on fire out on the driveway then put the fire out with your extinguisher, at the end of the day your extinguisher would be empty.

I somewhere still have an empty tin that originally held the Pyrene refill fluid for that extinguisher along with a mounting bracket for your extnguisher

1948CaseVAI · Mar 16, 2018

If you do not want to use the carbon tet just dump it outside and it will disappear PDQ. Do not breathe the fumes though. In high school we used cotton soaked with carbon tet to kill bugs for our assigned bug collections. We would put the bug in a jar with the cotton and they died real quick, but outdoors it will just gas and go, so to speak. No harm done.

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