sprinklers

Jane Strouse (strousej@chem.ucla.edu)
Thu, 23 Oct 1997 14:02:08 -0700

We have been required to have sprinklers throughout the building
including the NMR lab for years with no problems. Fortunately, sprinklers
are very robust with respect to not turning on when not needed. They
actually have Woods metal switches that must melt for them to turn on. The
fire alarm system has been pretty bad in that regard, but fortunately can't
do damage like sprinklers.

Jane

At 11:34 AM 10/23/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Our university is planning to install sprinkler system in NMR
>laboratories. I am interested to know (i) whether these systems are
>suitable for NMR laboratories, and (ii) if they are not suitable for NMR
>
>laboratories, are there alternativce fire extinguisher system/s to put
>in these laboratories.
>
>I will appreciate if you could share your experience or opinion with me.
>
>Thank you
>ashok

Dr. Jane Strouse
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
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(310)-825-0393 - FAX
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