On August 30, 2016 at 16:26 [email protected] (Eric Kuhnke) wrote: > Does this mean you could drive around with a (illegal, but not difficult to > build or obtainl) 20W wide band VHF/UHF jammer radio fed into a 1 meter > parabolic dish, aim it at random buildings and set off peoples' halon > systems? Wow.
I'd like to think it's been fixed. Then again there are those Blasting Zones one goes thru on highways with big signs ordering drivers: NO CELLPHONE USE! BLASTING ZONE! Sounds like a good plan. > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > About the worst that ever happened to me was a security guy's > > walkie-talkie setting off an instant Halon drop. Cost about $10,000 to > > refill and was fairly exciting for those present. That also cut the > > machine room's power. > > > > At least it didn't set off the sprinkler system. > > > > We sat down with the Halon system vendor to find out why that happened > > after proving, on a by-passed system, that yes indeed one of these > > common walkie-talkies sets the thing off. > > > > File under: More Things To Worry About! > > > > -- > > -Barry Shein > > > > Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | > > http://www.TheWorld.com > > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* > > -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
