Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall!

[bzs () theworld com]

On August 30, 2016 at 16:26 eric.kuhnke () gmail com (Eric Kuhnke) wrote:
> Does this mean you could drive around with a (illegal, but not difficult to
> build or obtainl) 20W wide band VHF/UHF jammer radio fed into a 1 meter
> parabolic dish, aim it at random buildings and set off peoples' halon
> systems?  Wow.

I'd like to think it's been fixed.

Then again there are those Blasting Zones one goes thru on highways
with big signs ordering drivers: NO CELLPHONE USE! BLASTING ZONE!

Sounds like a good plan.

> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:46 PM, <bzs () theworld com> wrote:
>
> > About the worst that ever happened to me was a security guy's
> > walkie-talkie setting off an instant Halon drop. Cost about $10,000 to
> > refill and was fairly exciting for those present. That also cut the
> > machine room's power.
> >
> > At least it didn't set off the sprinkler system.
> >
> > We sat down with the Halon system vendor to find out why that happened
> > after proving, on a by-passed system, that yes indeed one of these
> > common walkie-talkies sets the thing off.
> >
> > File under: More Things To Worry About!
> >
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