RE: [TCML] OT: Using electrical discharge to snuff out fires!

[Nick Andrews <nicothefabulous@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know, the heat is the easiest of the trifecta to remove that way.  But it's still interesting.  I got the link from a friend who a fire protection engineer, and what he tells me he has learned after moving over to the FD and getting his license as a FPE makes my house seem...scary.  He almost has me convinced to retrofit a sprinkler system in my house.  A couple of hundred gallons of water from a sprinkler or two is better than thousands from a hose nozzle, at least in terms of damage.  And no holes in the roof is a bonus...

Nick A






> From: drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [TCML] OT:  Using electrical discharge to snuff out fires!
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:07:08 -0500
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> Hi Nick,
> 
> Very interesting idea. However, as a 22+ year professional firefighter
> myself, I fear that the true practicality of such a device in the "real 
> world"
> of firefighting would be VERY LIMITED. This would NOT address
> the tremendous amounts of radiant heat that has already reached
> quantitites that would almost certainly reignite the combustible
> fireload instantly in a "real world" fire situation, even if the flames
> were "blown out". You must remove at least one of the the three
> factors that cause and sustain combustion - fuel, heat, and oxygen.
> The relative high specific heat of water makes it the obvious choice
> for extinguishment byquick removal of the heat. The electric field
> approach would have little effect on any of these three factors of
> combustion.
> 
> David Rieben
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick Andrews" <nicothefabulous@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 5:58 PM
> Subject: [TCML] OT: Using electrical discharge to snuff out fires!
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> 
> 
> I feel the need to experiment now...
> 
> http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/training-products/suppression-equipment/articles/999052-New-magic-wand-device-claims-to-snuff-out-fires-with-electricity/
> 
> Nick A
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