[ale] Distro Reply

[Robert L. Harris]

Last company I was at was putting in a surpression system.  Went with
"FM200" because Halon wasn't available.


Thus spake Sean Kilpatrick (drifter at oppositelock.org):

> On Monday 03 January 2005 06:57 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> | Uhhh, use a halon extinguisher if you can, those dry-chemical ones make
> | too big of a mess.
> 
> Can you still buy a halon extinguisher?
> Halon was outlawed (by the Coast Guard?) for marine use in fire
> supression systems because of potential damage to the ozone layer --
> or some other air pollution reason. Of course a ship-board fire causes
> air pollution as well, but the greenies screamed louder than marine
> interests.
> 
> I do not think anything has been found that can match halon's ability
> to squelch a fire. Fill a 55 gallon barrel with halon gas and drop a
> live hand grenade inside: you will hear a loud "pop." Not "kaboom!"
> Wonderful stuff.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
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