[tech] Serial Port Games: Smoke Detectors.

[comrade at loki.rcpt.to]

> > Will it dispense halon as well?
> 
> Inergen. Halon hasn't been used for years since it has bad effects on humans.

No worse than inergen. Halon gas was banned due to its' impact on the
ozone layer. The same issues about non-breathable atmospheres and deployment
shockwaves exist for both. Officially, Inergen (IG-541) maintains a
minimally breathable atmosphere during deployment, but I wouldn't trust
it. Additionally, speed of deployment of the gases (15 seconds total?)
means that infeasibly high velocities are sometimes required in large
machine rooms, potentially leading to high enough discharge velocities
to knock staff out during the evacuation phase.

Peter