I live alone, so sometimes I worry about things going wrong in my house. I bought the house five years ago, but I still don't know everything about keeping it up, as my dad often comes out to be my handyman if anything goes wrong. I finally turned on the heat for the first time this fall and sometimes I worry that it will leak or be clogged or something. (I already checked the fire alarm/CO2 detector to make sure it's working.)The heat's been on for about 90min, so I was just wondering.. if something were to happen (leak/clog) would it have been obvious by now? I just don't know enough about my HVAC to know these kinds of things and I don't want to go to bed and have a fire start or something! I hope I'm just being paranoid, but wanted to see if anyone could help me out here and alleviate my worries
Yes there is such thing. when firefighters are fighting wildfires in forest they actually use these to be able to withstand strong temperatures. I am pretty sure they are called fire sleeping bags or fire blankets. Thanks for bringing this subject up though. Hope this helps. *: )
Well, you have what is called the fire triangle, where you must have 3 things to have a fire. heat, oxygen, fuel. Any fire extinguisher is going to attack a fire based on that principle. Fire extinguishers are made to attack different kinds of fires. An old fashioned water extinguisher is okay for a wood or paper product fire, but you wouldn't want to use it on an electrical fireunless you had a way to turn the power off. CO2 extinguishers displace the oxygen around a fire and put it out that way. In industry, you'll find some specialized dry chemical dispersing extinguishers that smother a fire. This is a little simplified of an answer, but I hope this helps a little bit!
