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ahofle:


--- Quote from: Gray_Area on April 24, 2013, 07:34:20 pm ---Preventive is best. The scenario I'm thinking of though is when you're asleep or, especially, not home.

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Speaking of prevention...how about turning off the arcade machines when you're not home/around?   ???

paigeoliver:

I worked a hotel for like 12 years and we had a fire system. Sprinklers were accidentally triggered 3 times over that 12 year period (by people bumping them with things), costing thousands of dollars each time. Really, by the time the fire suppression system triggers it is likely already too late to save your games. Get a fire extinguisher.

You don't need extra insurance unless you have a REALLY high end collection or collect 90s and newer pins. I have 21 games in the gameroom and the standard coverage on my homeowner's insurance would more than cover them.

shponglefan:


--- Quote from: Gray_Area on April 24, 2013, 07:34:20 pm ---Preventive is best. The scenario I'm thinking of though is when you're asleep or, especially, not home.

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Like others have said though, you either have systems which are dangerous or systems which will wreck your cabs anyway (i.e. water); and the relative cost is probably more than the cost of the cabs anyway.

lilshawn:

just don't replace your blown fuses with tinfoil or overfuse and you'll do fine.

kahlid74:


--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on April 18, 2013, 04:53:21 pm ---Lol. We still have Halon here at work. (Broadcast facility). It will suck all of the air out and extinguish the fire. Side effect:  Humans need oxygen to breathe. (But the equipment will be saved.)

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Misnomer, Halon doesn't suck the air out of the space it's deployed in.  I've been in a data center when it fired.  It's loud, and depending on where you are with relation to the jet valves has the potential to knock you several feet back on your butt.

If you're serious about this, look towards Sapphire.  It's what we use in most data centers now.  It takes 2-4 times as much to do the same thing Halon did, but it's quite safe.  Just remember how it works; Encompass and surround the fire completely, break the chain chemically.  A sapphire/Halon system going off inside an arcade cabinet would blow the arcade cabinet into pieces.

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