1. ‘The tiny droplets can gather in a pool of water and then run back in a straight line to the operator’s feet’

In a real fire scenario as soon as the droplets hit the flame they turn to steam. No pool of water is formed.

2. ‘De-ionized water returns to its natural conductive form once it leaves the extinguisher and mixes with impurities in the air during a fire.

Accepting that de-ionized water is not conductive due to the removal of all ions and passing an electrical conductivity test in a laboratory also proves it does not change when passed through air, then we can be equally confident that nothing will change in the seconds that you might use an extinguisher to put out a fire.

3. ‘There are doubts about how long de-ionized water retains its properties in an extinguisher with Polythene lining.’

Polythene, like most plastics, has a high electrical resistivity, meaning it resists the movement of electric charge. This is because the electrons in its molecules are tightly bound and not free to move and carry a current.

Jewel has supplied thousands of water mist and water spray extinguishers, and we have real life case studies where they have been used successfully on fires involving live electrical equipment.