Patent ID: 7796047

Claim:
An apparatus for fire detection in an electrical equipment rack ( 100 ), comprising: a suction pipe system ( 2 ) which is provided inside the electrical equipment rack ( 100 ) to be monitored and which communicates with the electrical equipment rack ( 100 ) to be monitored through at least one suction opening ( 2 ′) and through which a representative air sample is drawn from the electrical equipment rack ( 100 ) to be monitored, an early fire detection module ( 10 ) having at least one detector unit ( 11 , 11 ′) for detecting at least one fire parameter in the air sample extracted through the suction pipe system ( 2 ), and a controller ( 12 ) for issuing an early fire detection signal in response to the result detected with the at least one detector unit ( 11 , 11 ′), wherein the early fire detection module ( 10 ) is configured as a rackmount ( 100 ′) to be inserted into the electrical equipment rack ( 100 ) to be monitored, and wherein the rackmount ( 100 ′) comprises a plug connection ( 13 ), by means of which the at least one detector unit ( 11 , 11 ′) configured as a modular component self-connects with the suction pipe system ( 2 ) when the rackmount ( 100 ′) is inserted into the electrical equipment rack ( 100 ).