http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Sprinklers-in-instrument-rooms-tp7582262p7582276.html
an impressive number of ways. These include a nearby water main break
backup water protection is never a bad idea. That goes triple in a very
old building.
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>> > Because sprinkler heads are mandatory, we have put beach umbrellas
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>> > our microscopes. I have a colleague who lost several high end systems
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>> > a water line broke on a floor above his facility some years ago. The
>> > sprinkler heads are not the only thing to worry about.
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>> > Hi, Rosemary,
>> >
>> > I fought (and lost) with the Fire Marshall and building Engineers
>> > when they built my lab. I designed the lab from ground up, and was
>>never
>> > asked about sprinklers. There are no other buildings on our campus
>>with
>> > sprinklers, and I was not informed that sprinklers were going to be
>> > installed in my labs when they were being built, nor was I asked
>>where I
>> > wanted the heads installed. When I walked in the door to see the labs
>>(I
>> > was actually forbidden for a month to walk through the labs during
>> > construction) I discovered a sprinkler head directly above the spot
>>where
>> > my TEM column would sit! After much wrangling (and griping and
>> belly-aching
>> > on the part of engineers and construction crew), I was at least able
>>to
>> > insist that the head be moved to a side wall in the room, away from
>>the
>> > microscope column, so that if the head ever leaks, it will not drip on
>> the
>> > column, and so, if it is ever bumped, we would have a prayer of a
>>chance
>> to
>> > cover the thing and protect the microscope. I'd like to build a box to
>> > cover the head, but we get inspections from time to time, or, more
>> ideally,
>> > hire an outside plumber to cut the line. I have sprinklers in the
>>rest of
>> > the lab, and fire extinguishers right outside the door. I don't need a
>> > sprinkler head in my TEM room! I also have a head in my SEM room, but
>> it's
>> > further away from my scope. I could probably throw a plastic
>>dropcloth on
>> > that scope and save it. (As a side note, this same construction crew
>> > installed two chilled water spigots UNDER my wall-mounted desk, in the
>> knee
>> > space, in my office, and installed the lock to my TEM room on the
>>INSIDE
>> of
>> > the door. They weren't the brightest lightbulbs in the boxes!)
>> >
>> > Ed
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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
>> >
>> > Dr Rosemary White
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