31 May
2014
31 May
'14
10:25 a.m.
On May 31, 2014, at 09:05 , Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
The nice thing about Halon systems is that they would
put out fires without endangering the human. Quite unlike their politically correct
replacement, large tanks of nitrogen that would suffocate humans and flames alike.
I thought that the Halon system would extinguish operators, too? The machine room I worked
in at UCI had a Halon system, with a big red abort button next to each door. We were
instructed that if the alarm goes off, either abort the Halon dump (if it was an obvious
false alarm) or GTFO of the room before the dump.
Pressing the abort button would also sound a loud buzzer, so the button was always fun to
press just for fun. I think I may install a fake Halon abort button (with a suitable
buzzer, of course) in my computer room at home. :)
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/