Halon dumps: a data point

From: Aaron Nabil <nabil_at_SpiritOne.com>
Date: Fri Sep 15 19:00:36 2000

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com wrote:
> . . .
> Moderately good news: Halon dumps aren't instantly fatal.
> Seeing as how I spend a good fraction of my day within a couple
> of feet of some giant red Halon tanks in the concrete bunker -
> oops, officially it's called "computer room" - this is good to know.
> I'd been heavily trained that when the Halon dump alarm sounds, you
> *get out*. Now I know a little more, especially about the dead-man
> switch you can use to delay an electronically-triggered dump.

This is almost certainly not a dead-man switch in any sense.

Aaron Nabil
Received on Fri Sep 15 2000 - 19:00:36 BST