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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1990–1992
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2007.0805.002
MANUFACTURER
Kidde, Walter & Co. Inc.
MODEL
Halon 1301
LOCATION
Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States of America

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
2
Total Parts
2
AKA
Fire relay control
Patents
N/A
General Description
An object made of metal and paper elements/Un objet fait avec du matériel en métal avec des éléments en papier aussi.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
10.0 cm
Width
10.0 cm
Height
4.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Chemistry
Category
Extinguishers
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Kidde
Country
United States of America
State/Province
New Jersey
City
Bloomfield

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
Ca. 1990-2007 in the Rare Books Room
Canada
This artefact is an extinguisher such as the one used to protect the books and other materials in the Rare Book Room (RBR) of the Library & Information Services of the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Their location offers a storage tank for the Halon Fire suppression System. It was installed ca. 1990 and removed in the summer of 2007 prior to such systems being made illegal due to the impact of the upper atmospheric ozone. Cet extincteur est comme celui utiliser pour protéger les livres rares et d'autres matériels au Bibliothèque et Services Informatiques du Musée de la Science et Technologie. Installé dans la (RBR) Rare Book Room autour de 1990, il a été enlevé en 2007 quand l'utilisation de ce genre de système a été banni grâce à leur destruction de l'ozone. Le musée avait un réservoir de stockage à Halon pour le système de suppression de feu.
Function
This artifact housed the fire relay control for the Halon 1301 fire extinguisher system. It protected the internal manual reset which worked in conjunction with the fire alarm. L'objet tenu dans cette boite était le relais électrique qui contrôle système pour l'extincteur Halon 1301. La boite protégeais le réenclenchement manuel qui fonctionnait en unisson avec l'alarme à feu.
Technical
From the 1960s-1970s halon gas was used to protect computer installations in the case of fire. Unlike traditional water fire suppression systems, halon did not damage the electronics or the computers and in the case of libraries with rare books avoided costly water damage. Such systems worked by absorbing all of the oxygen from the air. Being heavier than air, the halon migrated towards the floor and people therefore had to be aware that they needed to evacuate the area immediately that a fire alarm and/or the halon system went off. They had only between 20-30 seconds to evacuate before the oxygen was deleted. Pendant les 1960s et 1970 le gaz a halon étais utilisé pour protéger les ordinateurs, car l'halon n'endommageais pas les systèmes électroniques. Il était vu comme optimale pour les bibliothèques à livres rare, car il ne les endommageait pas en utilisant de l'eau. Ces systèmes fonctionnaient en absorbant toute l'oxygène dans l'air. L'halon est plus pesant que l'air et donc va tomber vers le sol. Après 20 a 30 secondes l'oxygène devenait supprimer de la salle et donc les personnes qui travaillaient sur lieu avaient peu de temps pour évacuer.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
On the front lid of the box/Sur le couvercle du devant de la boite: "Kidde, K/ PRESSURE OPERATED SWITCH/ 3PDT/ TO RESET/ PUSH TEM TO SET POSITION/ 15 AMP.-125V. AC, 10 AMPP. -250 V. AC/1HP 1-2 PH., 124-480 V. AC/ 1HP 3 PH., 125-600 V .AC/ PT. NO. 873752/ WALTER KIDDE/ Division of Kidde Inc./ Belleville, New Jersey, 07109, U.S.A./ FAN SHUT DOWN", On the inside of the lid/À l'intérieur du couvercle: "OPERATED/ SET/ PRESSURE INLET".
Missing
None apparent/L'objet a toute ces pièces.
Finish
A metal box cover painted red with a sticker on its face that shows manufacturing information. A paper instruction is attached to the inside of the box lid showing an image of a circuit. The inner lip of the box lid has a screw hole on either side to fasten it to the base of the box. Le couvercle d'une boite en métal qui est peinturé rouge avec un autocollant sur sont devant qui contient de l'information du fabricateur. Une feuille en papier qui démontre des instructions et une image d'un circuit est attaché à l'intérieur du couvercle. L'intérieur de la lèvre du couvercle a un trou de chaque côté pour des vises pour l'attacher à la base de la boite.
Decoration
N/A

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