What replaced Halon as a fire supression system?

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
FM200

My company has that. We have halon in our powerboat.

 

[Steve]

Well, our training video for Halon turned out to be a sales pitch video for FM-200.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: hx009

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Halon is now illegal. Any system was required to be depleted and replaced by the end of 2003 IIRC

Link? We purchased and installed a Halon extinguisher in our server room not more than 10 months ago...

Edit: My employer is a manufacturer of Cyanide (amongst other things) that regularly gets inspected by the fire department and EPA. I doubt they'd overlook something like outlawed fire supression equipment.

Maybe they're distracted by all the, y'know, CYANIDE.

...or maybe if you look in the supply closet, you'll see a stack of bodies in EPA inspector uniforms...

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Halon is extremely dangerous. The gas is inert, but it forces all oxygen from a space, including your lungs. Anyone exposed to Halon will become very ill and quickly die if not removed from the area.

You mean, sort of like EVERY OTHER GAS IN EXISTANCE except oxygen?

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: d33pt
CO2 is an alternative to Halon

Most places I've been to have disables Halon and went to CO2

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: jagec
You mean, sort of like EVERY OTHER GAS IN EXISTANCE except oxygen?

Yeah, there's that damn bastard Nitrogen consuming 70+% of our atomosphere.

🙂

 

[Apex]

For the car, Halotron is the way to go.

 

[iluvtruenos]

Presurrised water - A
Ammonium Phosphate - ABC
Potassium Bicarbonate - BC
CO2 - BC - Don't use on A, since there's the chance for the fire to rekindle.

NaCl - Basic table salt actually works wonders for metal fires like Thermite or magnesium burning.

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: myusername

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: myusername
Halon itslef is inert. It is the manufacture that generates CFC's, so existing systems are fine, but can't be recharged
IIRC
edit: doh a minute late

QFT. Halon = noble gas = safe

Halon is extremely dangerous. The gas is inert, but it forces all oxygen from a space, including your lungs. Anyone exposed to Halon will become very ill and quickly die if not removed from the area.

Well that makes it as dangerous as nitrogen or carbon dioxide and less dangerous that carbon monixide or even oxygen .. just means that it's doing what it's supposed to 😉

ture, but those gases are typically not dumped into a large room in sufficient quantity to kill someone in 15 seconds. The datacenter at a large facility I have worked in used to be Halon. We were warned in training that when the alarm sounded and the halon started, we had 10 to 15 seconds to get out of the datacenter before we would be overcome.

You can't hold your breath longer than that?
Didnt they have O2 on standby?

 

[bctbct]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato


You can't hold your breath longer than that?
Didnt they have O2 on standby?

Rumor has it that it will actually suck the O2 out of your lungs.

 

[biggiesmallz]

Originally posted by: JEDI
Halon found to be ozone depleting in the 90's

Back in the early 90's i interviewed at a company (forgot name). i toured their new building, and noticed that instead of sprinklers, they used Halon.

recently, i found out that Halon is bad for the environment. What's the latest in fire suppression systems nowdays?

gasoline

 

[DainBramaged]

I think they use asbestos now.

 

[Raiden256]

FM200 FTW!

 

[FallenHero]

FM200, FE-13, and INERGEN