Halon dumps: a data point

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Sep 14 15:09:13 2000

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Pat Barron wrote:

> The cool thing about Halon (and why it is an effective fire supressant) is
> that it does not work by displacing oxygen - of course, it *will* displace
> oxygen in large enough quantity. It works by chemically interfering with
> the process of combustion. You don't need a whole lot to put out a fire.
> I'm not sure why you'd need to dump so much Halon into a computer room
> that it would suffocate a human, unless you were just trying to make sure
> that it would get into everything in case there was a fire.
>
> I have three Halon extinguishers at home, and wouldn't be without them.
> I gave one to my fiancee' (now my wife....) at one point when she was
> living in her own apartment, "just to be safe". And wouldn't you know,
> she had a grease fire in her oven one night. One big spray from the
> Halon, and it was out. Very, very cool.
>
> --Pat.
>
 
Beats the hell out of dry powder when it's time for cleanup!

                                                 - don
 
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