RE: Do G08's REALLY start on fire ?

I think I agree, powder or soda extinguishers are caustic. You want to use
Halon instead as it will not affect electronic components because it is a
gas.
That is all we are allowed to use in our server/switch rooms. I also recall
Halon
being replaced by an equivalent gas due to environmental issues.
Check with your local fire shop.

Todd Miller, LAN Administrator
Ron Weber and Associates
103 E. State Street, Mason City, IA 50401
(515)423-4293/(515)423-4594 FAX
http://www.telethinking.com <http://www.telethinking.com>

        -----Original Message-----
        From: someotherguy [SMTP:someotherguy@mediaone.net]
        Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 12:34 PM
        To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
        Subject: Re: VECTOR: Do G08's REALLY start on fire ?

        I could be mistaken; a fire protection shop could inform you
better...but I
        think dry chemical extinguishers are corrosive. I say this because
I put
        out an electrical fire on my '69 Chevelle with one, and it seemed to
stick
        to, and gray out, everything aluminum under hood. Which of course
was a
        majority of the parts, since I had the car fairly tricked out.
Sadly, the
        car is now gone.

        If you put together a "cabinet-friendly" version of this under-hood
        extinguisher you mentioned, you could market it to collectors who
would
        like to leave their G08's on. ; )

        Richard
        http://people.atl.mediaone.net/someotherguy
        (who doesn't own any G08's)

        At 01:05 PM 5/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 30 May 2000, David Shuman wrote:
>
> > When I visited Duncan a few years ago, he showed me a
five-gallon plastic
> > bucket full of G08 boards--all blackened and sooty. Not merely
singed or
> > scorched, these suckers had *burned*, presumably until someone
took
> positive
> > steps to put out the fire.
>
>Dang. Ouch. OK, no leaving that puppy alone. Hacking in a switcher
sounds
>like a good idea too.
>
>I seem to remember a long time ago seeing small fire extinguishers
that
>could be mounted under car-hoods to automaticly go off in case of
engine
>fire. I'm going to see if anything like that still exists, and if
it might
>be applicable to an electronics application (ie -- dry chemical or
intert
>gas).
>
>
>Thanks for all the info !
>
>-Chris
>
>==========================================================
>Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
>WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
>http://www.westnet.com/
>
        
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