** Reply to message from Wil Haslup <dhaslup@EROLS.COM> on Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:48:04 -0400 > better. Now if Halon is heavier than air it probably wouldn't work but I don't > know if that is the case...it may be the opposite or it may be the same It's heavy... it's a chlorofluorocarbon or similar, very dense. BTW, if you're looking into a marine system, make sure of the activation temperature. We've got a Halon bottle (fifteen years old, I think) in our family's sloop -- it's activated just like a sprinkler head, with a low-melt solder; and I think the temp is surprisingly low. I'm not near the boat so I can't check. :) david David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net> 401 274-5827 voice, -6349 fax OS/2 V4, FP7, JVM 1.1.6, JSM 98.6.3 |
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