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Originally posted by Redjake
our school has a Halon release system for the servers in the business building. Halon fucks up oxygen (tears it apart or something, don't ask) so that the fires go out automatically, without water. the only problem is that the Halon costs 14,000 bucks everytime it is fully discharged. but hey, look at all the stuff you just saved (computer equipment etc).
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Halon displaces oxygen, it doesn't do anything to oxygen; it just crowds it out thus suffocating the fire.
My cube is in the server room, if our CO2 system goes off, I get a warning before it goes off and I get suffocated.
Halon is expensive because its manufacture was bannned after it was found to be ozone depleting. However, Halon systems may still be used. They're just not installed anymore.
This is a decent link for more info:
http://www.fssa.net/about/faq.cfm