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| DaOld Man:
Im no expert, but after working up close and personal with fire suppression systems for 25 years, here's my 2 cents worth. Halon: used to use it in the computer rooms at work. Use Cardox now. Cardox: (Carbon Dioxide in liquid form), used through out the mill. Heat sensors set off the cardox, which is stored in a pressurized and refrigerated tank. It instantly turns to gas when it reaches atmospheric pressure. Mill operator can also "dump" cardox manually by pressing a button. Water deluge: If cardox fails to dump, water is sprayed throughout mill. Operator can also do this manually. Cardox is very expensive and very dangerous. It can smother you to death in a few seconds. When working in the mill we must lock out the cardox so it cant dump on us. When going into pipe and electrical tunnels beneath the mill (prohibited while mill is running), we must either lock out cardox or carry an Emergency Life Saving Apparatus (ELSA pack), which is basically a small oxygen bottle with enough air to last 10 minutes, if cardox dumps, you have to put a plastic bag over your head and turn on the air, then walk not run (yeah right) to the nearest exit. (Of course you wont be able to see where you are going, because the cardox has a white color added to it, and in just a few seconds after dumping, it will be too smokey too see through.) Water deluge is very messy. We usually have to change out several prox switches when this happens (which is very rare.) Water deluge would do a lot of water damage to your home and your cabinets. I dont know why anyone would want either of these systems in your home. Cardox is expensive and dangerous. Water will do about as much damage to wood stuff as smoke would. Why not just mount a couple of hand held fire extinguishers and up the insurance? |
| mgb:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on April 22, 2013, 09:26:26 am ---Why not just mount a couple of hand held fire extinguishers and up the insurance? --- End quote --- +1000 It just doesn't seem that a deluge panel in a home setting would be wise due to the danger of accidental activation or cost. Especially cost. If you really wanna have some extra protection, go with the hand held fire extinguishers and maybe a small fire alarm panel like a cheapy FireLite or system smoke detectors on your home burglar alarm panel |
| shponglefan:
Ditto insurance + fire estinguisher. |
| Gray_Area:
Preventive is best. The scenario I'm thinking of though is when you're asleep or, especially, not home. |
| mgb:
I agree it'd be a wonderful thing to have but no matter how you slice it, it's risky and most of all expensive. For some things, the cost outweighs the need |
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