Can't comment on whether drives are sealed but when FM200 is discharged during a fire it produces a residue which is corrosive - let me know if you want a citation for this.
Stewart Kidd On 5 Mar 2010, at 13:27, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > They do leave some residue but they shouldn't have any affect on hard drives. > Hard drives are supposed to be hermetically sealed. > > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [email protected] > http://www.ch2m.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DuBois, > Jeffrey D. > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Clean agent questions > > Long time lurker, first time poster. > > I'm wondering if any of you have any experience or knowledge of FM-200 or > Inergen systems affecting hard drives in a data center after a system dump. > Are these systems really harmless to the equipment as the manufacturers > claim? Do they really leave no traces behind afterward? > Please contact me off forum with any information. Thanks. > > Jeff DuBois, P.E. > > Spectrum Engineers, Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
