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		mark-r on Aug 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: That UPS you bought for your home server may not b... Oh Halon was very popular for a long time. I don't know how long they could be grandfathered, but recharge supplies must be impossible to get by now.

chipsa on Aug 11, 2020 [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_agent_FS_49_C2

Looks like there's a drop in replacement for Halon.

sbierwagen on Aug 12, 2020 | [–]

Amusingly, tetrafluoroethane and pentafluoroethane are themselves being phased out in refrigeration applications because of their sky-high global warming potential, thousands of times worse than CO2.

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