Stewart, Thank you for the response. A client of mine had an accidental Inergen dump which coincided with immediate, massive hard drive failures in their facility. Do you know of any issues specific to Inergen?
On a side note, I've specified FM-200 several times thinking it was a good option for data centers but if there is a corrosive by-product it doesn't sound like a good choice in these situations. I would like your citation to review. What do you typically specify for data centers? Do you have any experience with NOVEC 1230? Jeff DuBois, P.E. Fire Protection Engineer Spectrum Engineers, Inc. E-mail: [email protected] Direct Phone: 801-401-8496 Fax: 801-401-9496 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stewart Kidd Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 8:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Clean agent questions 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
