Re: Fire Extinquisher for the Computer Room

["Rob Ward" <rward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We recently replaced the extinguishers in our computer room.  We too found
that Halon is no longer available due to its contribution to ozone layer
depletion.  We found a new chemical ANSUL CleanGuard (w/ Dupont FE-36)
which has been recommended to us for computer equipment.  It's pretty
expensive right now ($350 for 14lb) since it hasn't been on the market long
but a few hundred dollars is cheaper than a crispy/400 any day :-)

Rob Ward
M-C Industries, Inc.
(913) 273-3990
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> From: M J Whitcomb <mjwhit@cyberportal.net>
> To: midrange-l <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Subject: Fire Extinquisher for the Computer Room
> Date: Wednesday, September 03, 1997 12:19 AM
> 
> Hope there's an answer for this..
> 
> Our Halon fire extinquisher from the computer room went to be recharged
and never came 
> back.  I talked to maintenence yesterday and they say halon is now
illegal and the 
> extinquisher could not be recharged.  They brought us up a CO2 one for
now.  I also was 
> told the old overhead sprinkler that I thought was disconnected was not..
> 
> I feel there must be some replacment for halon.  What should we be using
now halon is not 
> available?  I am having horrors of a small fire in the computer room and
the AS400 being 
> turned into a piece of junk from CO2 or water just as surely as if it was
burned up.  What 
> type of extinquisher should we be using?  I don't trust our maintenence
department to come 
> up with the correct answer..
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