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Eek!
No, we have smoke/heat detectors in every room, and low oxygen detectors
in rooms with liquid nitrogen or any type of gas outlet - CO2, Ar, N2, but
no sprinklers. When the detectors are triggered, an unbearable alarm goes
off, we all vacate and the fire department comes immediately (they are
about 5 min away). False alarms are expensive, though, and the alarm
system is checked every month.
If it's an institutional requirement, you may just have to provide your
instruments with covers that protect against drowning from the sprinklers.
Perhaps you could raise the issue of replacement cost and down time if
your instruments are destroyed by triggering the sprinklers, or at least
check that insurance will cover full replacement. Your colleagues who also
depend on the instruments might help with input!
good luck,
Rosemary White
Dr Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia
T 61 2 6246 5475
F 61 2 6246 5334
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On 26/10/11 7:46 PM, "Naomi Book" <
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>Our institute has decided to install sprinkler system in the institute for
>safety reasons, the engineer that planed the system has put at least one
>sprinkler right above every confocal/microscope we have in our unit. Can
>anyone tell me please if you have sprinklers in your microscopes room? Is
>there a way to avoid this ??
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>Many thanks,
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>Naomi Book
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>Naomi Melamed-Book, Ph.D
>Bio-Imaging Unit
>The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science
>Edmaond Safra Campus (G Ram)
>The Hebrew University
>Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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