"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Dave S wrote:

I may be out of the loop but I thought Halon was on the EPA's ****list..

It is. Nobody's making it anymore, but there are outfits that salvage
Halon
from old extinguishers and other equipment and fill new containers with
it.
That, of course, makes Halon extinguishers pretty expensive these days.

The Citation jets use Halon 1211 pressurized to 600psi for their engine fire
extinguishing systems. I suspect other use the same chemical, but the EPA
will make it cost six times as much to recharge the systems. But, alas,
they're from the government and here to _help_ you.

Tom
--
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They
have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of
government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their
principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine
for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times
out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by
looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage,
and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.
- H. L. Mencken