This may be a rather general and intepretive question, so I would appreciate any thoughts others may have...
I am not a Fire Alarm expert, I know it is typical to shut down a local AHU or AC unit when smoke is detected through the local return air detector. However, I am working in a data center where cooling is 100% critical to the space. Essentially we have four AC units dedicated to a single room for a data center (so this room is isloated from any other part of the buildings HVAC system.)
In this situation is there a severe disadvantage to keeping the unit running if smoke is detected? Say, if there was a fire would we essentially be feeding the fire, spreading the smoke, etc? This would be preferred to avoid any 'nuisance' or 'false' detection and subsequent shutdown of the units.
I am not a Fire Alarm expert, I know it is typical to shut down a local AHU or AC unit when smoke is detected through the local return air detector. However, I am working in a data center where cooling is 100% critical to the space. Essentially we have four AC units dedicated to a single room for a data center (so this room is isloated from any other part of the buildings HVAC system.)
In this situation is there a severe disadvantage to keeping the unit running if smoke is detected? Say, if there was a fire would we essentially be feeding the fire, spreading the smoke, etc? This would be preferred to avoid any 'nuisance' or 'false' detection and subsequent shutdown of the units.