> The heaters take a significant time to reach operating temperature. > I'd imagine this is impracticable for a security system, so it > would be interesting to see if the output is instant when triggered. I remember seeing a video of a demonstration unit a some show or other, and= the glass walled room that was around 12 foot square as I recall, was fill= ed with an opaque cloud in around 2-3 seconds. This looks like a similar unit ... http://www.smokemachines.com/SmokeScreen.htm US Patent mentioned here http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5394139/description.html Both found by gargoylling 'intruder smoke' --=20 Scanned by iCritical. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .