[SEL] thing help

[Nelson Johnsrud]

Here's mine:
http://members.lsol.net/gop4evr/unlinked/fire1.jpg
http://members.lsol.net/gop4evr/unlinked/fire2.jpg

This one was hanging in the basement of our previous house.  As you can see, the bracket has been painted to match the wall it was hanging on, but the extinguisher is still very nice.


Nels Johnsrud
Manitowoc WI
gop4evr at lsol.net




On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Germoamer at aol.com wrote:

> 
> So what do I have in the photos?  It is all brass, 11 inch long  cylinder, 
> and 3 inches in diameter, no markings what so ever.  The  top has a plunger 
> type handle and stem, and a small cap.  Both of  these have lead  washers to 
> form a seal.  The plunger handle has an  internal spring so that when the 
> handle is in the locked (bayonet type lock)  position it forces the lead 
> washer to seal.  The top of the cylinder cap is  soldered so that nothing is 
> removal for repair, i.e. the plunger type mechanism  is not removal.  The 
> bottom has a 1 inch diameter boss with a small 3/32  inch hole in it. Looking 
> inside thru the cap, an  internal cylinder can be seen extending from top to 
> bottom that  the handle stem is in , as though it is some sort of pump  type 
> mechanism.  The interesting thing is that there is a smaller pipe  running 
> from top to bottom and attached at right angles near the top and  bottom to 
> this internal cylinder.  When I pump the plunger, I cannot  build up any 
> noticeable pressure on the bottom hole. When I filled it up with  water and 
> pumped the plunger, only a very small spits of water came out  with no pressure 
> again.  Short of un soldering the top cap, I cannot tell  you much more about 
> it.  Any one have knowledge of this "thing"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Schmutz
> 
> 
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> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing1.jpg_ 
> (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing1.jpg) 
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> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing2.jpg_ 
> (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing2.jpg) 
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> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing3.jpg_ 
> (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing3.jpg) 
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> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing3.jpg_ 
> (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing3.jpg) 
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> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing5.jpg   
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> _ (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/Thing5.jpg) 
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