We had an accidental Halon dump in the 1980s or early 90s (before my
time here) and there were no lasting effects that I know of. 

But may I ask how you are able to get your system recharged? I was told
that because Halon is now a prohibited "greenhouse" gas we could never
recharge our system if it went off again. Instead, we'd have to get a
completely new system because there's still no "drop in" replacement for
Halon (i.e. there are other things, but they require different sized
pipes, tanks, number of heads, etc.) 

Thanks,

   -- Erin.

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Erin C. Blake, Ph.D. 
Curator of Art & Special Collections 
Folger Shakespeare Library 
201 E. Capitol St. SE 
Washington, DC 20003-1094 
office tel. (202) 675-0323 
fax (202) 675-0328 
e-mail: [log in to unmask] 
www.folger.edu 

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