What should a gpu miner have in his bag of tricks?

[datamining]

If you plan to buy a fire extinguisher, be careful what type of fire extinguisher you use ...

There are five main types of fire extinguishers:

• Water, water mist or water spray
• Foam
• Dry Powder
• CO2
• Wet Chemical

Foam or Dry Powder are the best choise in my opinion.
but never use a dry powder extinguisher at your home ...
you will never get rid of the powder once it spreads in every crack...
Believe me, you don't want that at home :-)

[DigitalFarns]

Excellent point.  I was just researching that yesterday in fact.  I googled fire extinguishers for data centers, and I'm probably saying this word wrong, but I believe the ideal kind is "Halocarbon" based.  Not an ABC extinguisher, but just a "C".  They are supposed to starve the fire of oxygen, and leave no residue.  I believe it's something akin to dry ice - the material just evaporates and leaves no mess, and is supposed to be OK on electrical & computer equipment.  Looks like they are about $200 for a 5lb can. 

[datamining]

Looks like they are about $200 for a 5lb can. 

That is perhaps a little too expensive for the average miner like I am ;-)

 "Halocarbon" - Interesting! I must take a closer look at that

[DigitalFarns]

This is the article I found. 

https://blog.koorsen.com/what-is-the-right-fire-extinguisher-to-use-around-computers-servers

[datamining]

This is the article I found. 

https://blog.koorsen.com/what-is-the-right-fire-extinguisher-to-use-around-computers-servers

I did some fun research and there is even something better than Halocarbon:   

Novec 1230 fluid:

- helps protect irreplaceable paper documents and electronics
- highest margin of safety for human occupancy of any clean agent solution
- is not subject to the Halon 1301 phaseout or HFC phasedown
- is stored as a liquid and discharged as a gas.
- is appropriate for Class A, B and C fire hazards
- has zero ozone depletion potential
- the lowest atmospheric lifetime for chemical clean agent alternatives: 5 days. The next closest halon alternative is 29 years.
- has a Global Warming Potential of 1, which is 99.9% lower than any halocarbon agent acceptable for use in occupied spaces.
- Is appropriate for Class A, B and C fire hazard

They have a nice comparison table of fire protection solutions:
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/novec-us/applications/fire-suppression/#Z7_79L2HO02KO42D0QGI9GVE8RRN5

Might be also useable as air replacement for gpu cooling:
https://youtu.be/1E7Nr72rxB8?t=21

Hope this is helpful to someone...
however, over and out :-)