I would be more worried about why the alarm is going off. In theory
the alarm should only go off when tested or when you have a real fire,
in which case I wouldn't worry about how it effects my crystals. Most
places only test the alarms once or twice a year.
There are "silent" alarms available which consist mainly of a strobe
light for the room that it is installed in so you could look into that
if it really is a problem of having the alarms go off for no reasons.
Leonard Thomas Ph.D.
Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory Manager
University of Oklahoma
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
620 Parrington Oval
Norman, OK 73019
lmtho...@ou.edu
http://barlywine.chem.ou.edu
Office: (405)325-1126
Lab: (405)325-7571
On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:13 AM, Jacqueline Vitali wrote:
Dear all,
Does anyone know the effect of a fire alarm placed in the same room
where one grows crystals?
(1) On trays placed inside styrofoam boxes
(2) On trays placed inside an incubator which has not been tested as
vibration free.
Thank you.
Jackie Vitali
