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SteamWake · 11-10-08, 03:25 PM

As I posted somewhere else there is much safer extinguishing agents available.

Freon was commonly used as a referigerant in air conditioning systems. Its use was banned in the US when fears of it depleting the ozone layer were expressed. Freon was never used as an extinguishing agent to my knowledge. In fact I believe the article may have misspoke mistaking Freon for Halon.

A more common agent was Halon, its use has also been banned for 'new' installations. It was in common use for computer rooms where the use of water would be catastrophic. However it had real safety issues as you can see from this accident.

As I said its use is now banned and it is to be removed from any existing installations if you spend 10 cents on remodeling. The alternatives while safer are more expensive.

Here is a lengthy article on the subject http://www.halcyon.com/NAFED/HTML/Halonalt.html

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	As I posted somewhere else there is much safer extinguishing agents available. Freon was commonly used as a referigerant in air conditioning systems. Its use was banned in the US when fears of it depleting the ozone layer were expressed. Freon was never used as an extinguishing agent to my knowledge. In fact I believe the article may have misspoke mistaking Freon for Halon. A more common agent was Halon, its use has also been banned for 'new' installations. It was in common use for computer rooms where the use of water would be catastrophic. However it had real safety issues as you can see from this accident. As I said its use is now banned and it is to be removed from any existing installations if you spend 10 cents on remodeling. The alternatives while safer are more expensive. Here is a lengthy article on the subject http://www.halcyon.com/NAFED/HTML/Halonalt.html Last edited by SteamWake; 11-10-08 at 03:27 PM.