Thread: Fire extinguishers

Originally Posted by gonetropo

they work, there are also spherical ones that fit in a metal hoop and have a fuse out the bottom, they spray a foam downwards and help stop the spread of flame. i have seen a few in server rooms etc.

Hehe, that brings up a whole other story. Back in the 80's when I started computer programming, we had a fire suppression system in the mainframe room. Unbelievably toxic stuff. When the alarms went off you had a couple of seconds to get the hell out of dodge before the gas was released. Let's just say they valued their mainframe more than the human operators and techies