I have 2 Fire Extinguishers at home. One expensive one for serious situations, the other much cheaper one is to put out not-really-dangerous fire's, when i'm "playing" with small fire's and testing stove's. Just to prevent mine equipment from having burn damage. But otherwise totally safe on a concrete slab. (Tossing water isn't really handy on liquid fuels.)

To mine suprise mine cheaper fire Extinguisher (ABC powder, 1,5 year since manufacture, EC certified), well worked today, but not really like it should. I had to use the cheap one to prevent damage to a stove. So i used the PASS methode: Pull (the safety pin/tab), Aim, Squeeze and Sweep. Well actually not Sweep, 2 very short burst was enough... But not when i squeezed. The extinguisher sprayed , when i pulled the safety tab up (which supposed to be, just "safety off"). Which really shouldn't since it's suppose to spray when i squeeze. The extinguisher also kept sissing slightly afterwards. Which basically means it was losing pressure, also something it shouldn't. Which is also quite wastefull, since there was plenty of powder left, for playing... ahem.. i mean practice. Now i have to buy a new one. Ohw... well it only cost 6 or 7 euro's. I will bring it to work friday and let mine co-workers check it out(i work at a firedepartment).

So mine question, any other person here had a fire extinguisher fail or work diffrently than it is suppose too? Alright, a extinguisher not working at all isn't a totally unknown thing. It happens more often, especially with age and bad maintinance. But how often do they work diffrently, than it is suppose too?