Check your fire extinguishers, especially those outside the home (like barns & shops)

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So, I was cleaning up in one of my out buildings.
Needed to move some fire extinguishers so I could sweep underneath. I looked in the extinguishers ejector tubes of each and of the 7-8 extinguishers in that area, 3 of them were completely clogged from nests made by mud daubers. Not sure if they would work with that much mud packed in the tube. Cleaned them out good but it would have sucked if needed the extinguisher and you pulled the the handle nothing happened.

PS. Something like 40 million fire extinguishers have been recalled. If you have Kidde fire extinguishers that are more than a couple years old, they've probably been recalled. If you haven't already done so, go to their site and order the free replacement.
https://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/support/product-alerts/recall-kidde-fire-extinguisher/
Here's another recall on First Alert extinguishers.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2000/cpsc-brk-announce-recall-of-first-alert-fire-extinguishersFirst Alert model FE1A10G with serial numbers beginning with: RH, RK, RL, RP, RT, RU, or RW are included in this recall.

On this page is a list of other brands that have been recalled (e.g. Sears, Montgomery Ward...).
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/K...arge-and-Nozzle-Detachment-One-Death-Reported
 
Is this info newer than dec of 2018 recall? This thread was only about "Kidde extinguishers".
For the Kidde, I think that's the last recall.
This thread started out about mud daubers but I threw in the info about Kidde as a reminder. When browsing about the recall, that's when I too first heard about the First Alert so I posted that as well.
 
Mud dauber nests are everywhere in my shop. No matter the tool or piece of equipment... always have to check for dauber nests. Especially my chainsaw, they love to build nests underneath covers.
 
Here's how you keep mud wasps out of your gun barrels, extinguisher hoses and other places that can wreck your day.
Buy a bag of penny balloons and pop one over the tube you want them kept out of.
 
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