Phillip,
I pretty much know how halon works in fires, so if you can find some
extinguishers, I have quite a bit of computer equipment around (including
several suns as server), I would be interested in knowing what a smaller one
would cost.
> i have no problem using the old 1211 as it's not a hazard until the
> extinguisher is used and there are no plans to require the existing stock to
> be destroyed so it will eventually all be released (but only when there is a
> fire which may not damage the ozone layer, but obviously does produce green
> house gasses). the irony is that one of the best properties of freon/halon
> (same chemical family, some are used in both applications), it's inertness, is
> what makes it a threat to the ozone layer. halons are heavier than air and
> take 7-10 years to reach the ozone layer and do damage, but they are stable in
> sunlight even longer than that. the substitutes have similar chemistry but
> break down in less than 6 months of sunlight so they contribute to ground
> pollution but never reach the ozone layer (and all but one is much less
> effective, the halons are very, very powerful at putting out fires).
>
> Nancy Haitz wrote:
> -------
>>
>> Phillip,
>>
>> Tell me more about this clean agent extinguisher. The cost of the fire
>> extinguisher may not seem that high in relationship to the amount of
>> computer equipment sitting around.
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