Sprinklers in instrument rooms

Posted by Rosemary.White on
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Hi all, (sorry for cross-posting)

I know this has been discussed before, just wondered if there were any new thoughts. We're moving twice, first into a refurbished basement, second time into a new building. The basement has a sprinkler system in case of fire, unlike our current building which just has alarms (it's a single storey brick building). I imagine the new building will have some sort of sprinkler system too.

What precautions, if any, do people take to protect against the unlikely showering of your confocal or EM?
Are there any relatively simple alternatives? (One alternative is to have fire-doors and walls for each room but that is prohibitive.)

thanks much,
Rosemary

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