Curious, what are these devices????

[1Garageman]

I was in the top floor of a building I do work in and was looking for something and I ran across these devices. It looks like a power cable going into them from a junction box. What are they???

 

[dlcwent]

They are the newest version of the flux capacitor.???? I'm interested in the answer.

 

[AndyA]

Says "Fire suppression" and "non-flamable gas" on the labels. I think that pretty much explains it.

I'm guessing the electrical connection is a pressure sensor. It probably throws a warning if the pressure gets low.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Fenwal Protection Systems sells fire protection equipment, they're part of a fire suppression system.
http://www.suppression.com/catalog/suppression/clean-agent/fenwal-fm-200-fenwal-fm-200

 

[Rookie2]

Fenwal is a fire protection system, did you get any part numbers ?

Halon for computer room fire suppression . ? ! @ # ?

 

[1Garageman]

I zoomed in on one picture and got this.

 

[Radix2]

Pods - do not fall asleep nearby !

 

[Richard Cranium]

The answer is right on the label

 

[rlitman]

"FM-200 clean agent fire suppression system". Right on the label.

 

[nh_yota]

Interesting, I've never seen fire suppression in pods before, it's always been in upright cylinders.

 

[rlitman]

Interesting, I've never seen fire suppression in pods before, it's always been in upright cylinders.

Just a guess here, but I would think that three spheres would be able to vent their fire suppressant faster than a single cylinder. That might improve their effectiveness.

 

[Rookie2]

I was curious also !

http://www.h3rcleanagents.com/support_faq_2.htm

 

[ripperd]

We have FM200 cylinders in our datacenter. But they are much, much bigger, probably 2 or 3 80 gallon sized ones.

 

[ryanjharvey]

I was in the top floor of a building I do work in and was looking for something and I ran across these devices. It looks like a power cable going into them from a junction box. What are they???

As others have said, typical data center clean agent fire suppression. You'll see these in many data centers where multiple smaller above ceiling tanks were used. These are typically phased out in newer data centers as arguably better gasses ( such as FE-25) are available now.

 

[plow]

Just a guess here, but I would think that three spheres would be able to vent their fire suppressant faster than a single cylinder. That might improve their effectiveness.

You're right.

 

[plow]

They use squibs to fire them. There's a burst disk on the outlet of the tank that's ruptured when activated. They used to be somewhat common back in the day here in my AO. I've not seen that type of tank used with FM-200. The ones I've seen were Halon 1301.

We still install FM-200 by the way. It's one of a few chemicals that replaced it for new installations. We can still get it (Halon 1301) to recharge a system after a dump (discharge). However, None is being produced for civilian use.


Those spheres make GREAT BBQ pits BTW.

 

[plow]

I'm thinking that may be connected to a smoke sampling system that requires quick detection and suppression. REAL quick.

 

[plow]

Here's what we install.

https://www.systemsensor.com/en-us/Pages/Aspiration.aspx

 

[Gotcha640]

Why are we responding with words? Obviously OP can't read. I'll see if there's a 'clicks and whistles' keyboard for my tablet.

 

[KRB52]

Dragon eggs?

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Says "Fire suppression" and "non-flamable gas" on the labels. I think that pretty much explains it.

I'm guessing the electrical connection is a pressure sensor. It probably throws a warning if the pressure gets low.

Fire supression. The red box cover gives that away even without the labels. The wires are for the actuator solenoids on the cylinders.

Tommy

 

[Syberia]

Nuclear reactor.

 

[Dragfluid]

Oil recycling modules for DIY oil changers.

 

[1Garageman]

Thx for the info, and stuff, guys. I was just curious. I have never seen anything like that before, and didn't have time to read the labels.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Well, if you read the labels without trying to figure it out on your own, you might have had to turn in your man card. It works the same as instructions....

Tommy

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Thx for the info, and stuff, guys. I was just curious. I have never seen anything like that before, and didn't have time to read the labels.

It logically took u longer to take pics and post a thread than a google search wouldve taken.

 

[MikeF2316]

They use squibs to fire them. There's a burst disk on the outlet of the tank that's ruptured when activated. They used to be somewhat common back in the day here in my AO. I've not seen that type of tank used with FM-200. The ones I've seen were Halon 1301.

We still install FM-200 by the way. It's one of a few chemicals that replaced it for new installations. We can still get it (Halon 1301) to recharge a system after a dump (discharge). However, None is being produced for civilian use.


Those spheres make GREAT BBQ pits BTW.

We have that stuff for our computer room too. Notice on door: