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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 11:25 PM
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That was a scary ride. Glad to hear he walked away.

By the way, halon Rocks. If you've every seen it work on in vehilce live fire testing with armored vehicles, you'll understand what a differnce it can make when putting out a fire to protect the crew.

That being said, it's a bit of a pisser though when it goes off in a Datacenter because of faulty sensors. Five seconds isn't a lot of time to drop hardware and get to the door. It's much more annoying than tear gas testing in my opinion.

Rick
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 06:44 AM
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Guys bitch about having to install safety equipment and then you see stuff like that. **** happens!! You know what they say " Hope for the best , but prepare for the worst"
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 01:00 PM
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man, that scares the hell out of you, you dont think about that, but how easy can it happen!
glad he was ok, but now i want a 10pt!!!
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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by y2khawk
I've driven through my own coolant before, not fun. Especially at the 1000' mark

That's one of the reasons i went with real AN lines for everything, radiator included.
Alot of guys are now moving their coolant overflow to the trunk with big lines in case the system gets pressurized. That way it'll miss the back tires. I am thinking about relocating mine to the back before I start with the giggle gas next year. I'd hate to water the tires at 140mph!!!
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