Mike Lamb Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Red Comet is still in business. You can buy this 1950's? automatic fire control on eBay for about $40. Click to Enlarge 60.47 KB Click to Enlarge 63.29 KB The company also used to make these grenades for fire control which was a glass ball filled with some kind of fire extinguishing liquid that you could whip at a fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 The company also used to make these grenades for fire control which was a glass ball filled with some kind of fire extinguishing liquid that you could whip at a fire. It's the same thing. That's just a metal canister with the glass fire-suppression grenade inside. You have to open the cap and read the label on the glass to reveal if it contains carbon tetrachloride or CM7. http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-advic ... zard.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Nice article Bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aschauer82 Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 The company also used to make these grenades for fire control which was a glass ball filled with some kind of fire extinguishing liquid that you could whip at a fire. It's the same thing. That's just a metal canister with the glass fire-suppression grenade inside. You have to open the cap and read the label on the glass to reveal if it contains carbon tetrachloride or CM7. http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-advic ... zard.shtml I kinda like that the direction says through grenade. My fire extinguisher sucks by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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