[Nhcoll-l] fire control device

Wed Mar 2 13:35:22 EST 2016

Apparently they can be installed as ominous objects on the ceiling (I hope
this image makes it to the list, but if it gets stripped off it can be
found here as the 6th picture in their little gallery of images. :
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.eshop.gbsecurity.cz_kategorie_pozarni-2Dochrana_hasici-2Dkoule-2Delide-2Dfire_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=nRjGtI0DVyYeIs7lr1KrH3W-oVcJSxs9WCVP42Yk6P0&s=87eSVEa7FFzqin-voe0pUW1hX3MEFOmiFM6lR15D1RU&e= 

[image: Inline image 1]

I am glad this question has come up as several non-museum friends have sent
me the videos with the suggestion that they might be useful.

Claire

J. Claire Dean
Conservator

Dean & Associates Conservation Services
3438 NE 62nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97213
USA
Tel: 503-331-1972
E-mail: jclairedean at gmail.com

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu>
wrote:

> Steve
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> No, I have never seen these.  Quite impressive.  The question would be in
> deployment.  Would you leave them lying around your collection in wait!!
> Not sure anyone would be interested in throwing one or a couple of these at
> a wet wing fire and they would probably be ineffectual if the fire was
> beyond a certain size.  I know I will be running in the opposite direction
> if my collection catches fire J
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> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:
> nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Steve Sullivan
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 02, 2016 11:32 AM
> *To:* 'NH-COLL listserv' <NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] fire control device
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> Does anyone have experience or opinions about the Elide Fire Ball?  There
> are a variety of videos online that make it look like a potentially useful
> supplement in places like wet collections.  While it looks like it might
> have some objectionable residue, several videos show it extinguishing fires
> quickly and, at the end of the video, shows that the explosion doesn’t
> damage anything, including people.  In conditions where the specimens are
> protected from the dust, it seems this could be a useful product.
>
> Here’s one example on Youtube, Universal Elide Fire Ball:
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> And one of the websites:  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.elide-2Dfire.com_en_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=nRjGtI0DVyYeIs7lr1KrH3W-oVcJSxs9WCVP42Yk6P0&s=s7aMD8Vvfuzb0J-98unhCaYddruU6aV_bQi1ZpFzj_o&e= 
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