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lilshawn:
"displaces oxygen" is what we are all looking for here. Both halon and CO2 do this.

technically any non flammable gas could be used for this.
Gray_Area:

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--- 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?   ???

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How did you know??!  Actually, mostly I leave things on when I'm home, then I can just go up and play/mess with them. My main computer is on all day, and my theatre pc can be, too, because I play electro-ambient music throughout the day. There have been times when I've had up to five systems on at a time. Play some guitar, then go surf on my main rig in ways I can't with that pc, then go play some games, hit the kitchen for water or munchies and the ambience is playing in the living room.....
sandheaver:
Honestly water is fine.  We've all fixed water damage on wood, and if we've done a good job painting the damage is minimal.  Most sprinkler heads I've seen are heat-activated, so your cabinets won't get wet unless they're on fire, anyway, and that's a time when you want water raining down.

The ultimate best protection is insurance.  That's what insurance is for; you don't cover for the value you paid, you cover for the value you'd have to pay to replace everything, the replacement cost.

Insurance is far cheaper than halon or liquid co2 or anything you can rely on when you're not around except maybe sprinklers, and insurance (if you don't pick a crummy insurer) will always get you back where you were if you buy the coverage meant to do so.  Insurance doesn't require permits or installation or training.

Every year I see the same houses, on the same river, flooded up to the 2nd story.  I used to think the owners were stupid, now I just think they have good insurance (and/or are good at insurance fraud.)

The above text is all for homes; if it's an actual arcade you're speaking of, open to the public, you're probably required to have sprinklers and insurance, anyway.  And, if you're not, I would invest in both regardless.
lilshawn:
the fire triangle:



remove any one side of the triangle and the fire will go out.

remove heat (normally by spraying with water) Without sufficient heat, a fire cannot begin, and it cannot continue

remove oxygen (smothering or replacing the oxygen with something non-flammable)

remove fuel (nothing to burn) Without fuel, a fire will stop. Fuel can be removed naturally, as where the fire has consumed all the burnable fuel, or manually, by mechanically or chemically removing the fuel from the fire.
Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: sandheaver on April 26, 2013, 11:00:44 pm ---
The above text is all for homes; if it's an actual arcade you're speaking of, open to the public, you're probably required to have sprinklers and insurance, anyway.  And, if you're not, I would invest in both regardless.

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And this came to mind: it's, like, a no-brainer for any commercial/industrial building to have an extinguisher system. People would freak the ---fudgesicle--- out if there wasn't one.



--- Quote from: lilshawn on April 27, 2013, 03:41:46 pm ---the fire triangle:



remove any one side of the triangle and the fire will go out.
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Well, this brings a few things to mind......

First off, why not a modular, infra-red sensing system.  IR is ---smurfing--- cheap, and so are fire extinguishers, and so are relays. Each 'pod' wouldn't have a lot of juice or whatever in it, but it wouldn't need to if they all went off in the area. Even better that the system could detect the areas in need, using only the pods over troubled areas. Hell, you could program the ---smurf--- for all kinds of scenarios - flood, burst, etc. And instead of CO2, use a noble gas. Even refrigeration coolant would be far cheaper. A pod could be square or circular, so it could be put inside the ceiling, or mounted to it similar to a camera pod or light fixture. The wiring would be minimal, but the system could also be wireless.
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