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Examples
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However, a missed positive is even worse – especially when equipment is deployed in data centers with Halon or other fire prevention systems built in.
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He apparently liked his cigarettes and his coffee; this was back in the days when one could smoke just about anywhere – an exception being a raised-floor computer room with Halon fire suppression equipment.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. 2007
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He apparently liked his cigarettes and his coffee; this was back in the days when one could smoke just about anywhere – an exception being a raised-floor computer room with Halon fire suppression equipment.
Vivarium work 2007
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All this will do is create another Halon type hysteria.
Think Progress » Gore Calls For Immediate Freeze on C02 Emissions, Elimination of Payroll Taxes 2006
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All this will do is create another Halon type hysteria.
Think Progress » Gore Calls For Immediate Freeze on C02 Emissions, Elimination of Payroll Taxes 2006
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Somebody activate the Halon system, because Chris Arndt is on FIRE!
WARRIOR #34 DC Comics, 1995 David Campbell 2006
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You discharge a bottle of fire retardant, probably Halon, but a type of -- something to put the fire out, fire extinguisher, into the engine, secure the engine, and make your way back around.
CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Gulf Air Jet Crashes off Coast of Bahrain - August 23, 2000 2000
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Sure, they were equipped with sprinklers, watertight doors, Halon systems, everything the carrier could bring to bear in the way of fire control.
Typhoon Season Douglass, Keith 2000
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Mr. Francis explained that Halon is the ideal chemical for fighting computer room fires because it leaves no significant residue, but the 20-BC units are more versatile and make shorter work of a blaze than Halon.
The RVer’s Bible Kim Baker 1997
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Saving the rig is more important than the difficulty of cleaning up the mess later, so an extingusher that works faster than Halon but leaves a mess makes perfect sense.
The RVer’s Bible Kim Baker 1997
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