Installing Halon Fire Supression System at Home?

swmagazine asks: "The house my family is building just burn down 2 weeks before competition. Now that the insurance is paying out some money, I am seriously considering installing Halon system at home because the house comes with a server room and I will be having at least 10 computers running in the house. I would like to know if anyone has experience with Halon system as well as the feasibility of installing such system at home." The possibility that your computer could conceivably be a fire hazard is extremely low on newer machines. Older machines, without the proper protection, may overheat, and that might cause problems. Might such a system minimize the damage posed by a house-fire, or are they too expensive (or too ineffective) for the average home owner?

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Masks?

[poity]

Sorry, my knowledge of halon systems comes only from Terminator 2.

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Fire Retardation

[NanoGator]

Okay dudes, I got a buck that says his machines are all Athlons.

wha?

[resignator]

Halon is perfectly breathable. As a matter of fact, I'm huffing some at this verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsadfffaa

Build an escape pod instead

[smoon]

Rather than screw around with chemicals, making the server area airtight, etc. a much better solution is to bolt all of the computers into a spring-loaded rack instead.

When fire is detected you could have some conventional CO2 fill the server cabinet for 1-2 minutes while your UPS software does a 'safe' shutdown of all equipment. Then either a large CO2 blast or strong spring or possibly an explosive charge launches the equipment rack through a hatch out into the yard -- safely away from the burning house.

Make sure to mark the area well so firefighters, family members, etc. don't stand in the way, and also make sure to not point it at the pool -- wouldn't that be ironic?

Re:Check your local fire and residential codes.

[dattaway]

I learned about halon fire systems from the BFOH. He describes their utility to the full potential.