On Jan 6, 2006, at 6:03 PM, R. I. Nelson wrote: > flood the cabinet with CO2 You missed "thermite-like reaction"; there's reason to suspect that the initial fire would be pretty immune to CO2, although it might be handy in suppressing the secondary fires. On the third hand, I'm not sure I want high pressure CO2 bottles any where near things that might get very hot and not go out! BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist