at least youre not dealing with these guys: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/attack-crazy-ants-ant-species-arrives-taste-electronics/story?id=19246157
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Which NEMA classification? I would expect bugs could get into a NEMA 3R > but not a NEMA 4, unless they are getting in through vents or glands. > > Oh, and I can verify that mice can get through the holes in the back of > Routerboard enclosures intended for antennas. Need to put goof plugs in > those. > > *From:* Nate Burke <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:14 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Bug outages > > A NEMA will keep out rain, but not bugs. I just had a sealed NEMA box > filled with Ants (The little tiny ones). Lucky I happened to be at the > site just after they moved in before they caused any damage. There's also > a big giant spider that lives in there, but he doesn't cause me any > problems, so I just let him watch while I'm working on it. > > > On 10/28/2015 2:01 PM, Chris Fabien wrote: > > We see equipment failures from bugs occasionally. Generally in the spring > and then some this time of year. Seems to be mostly ants. Not so much on > our major tower sites, but on small repeaters we usually put a small > plastic electrical enclosure and seal the cables with silicon. Ants seem to > be able to chew right through it and start to nest inside the router > (usually a RB750UP). Also lose a few CPE per year due to the same problem. > We started putting some sort of ant poison granules in the boxes this year, > seems to work but too early to know for sure. > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We keep our equipment in enclosures so they are protected and not >> tampered with. >> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Any of you guys have bugs causing outages? Our boxes are all pretty >>> well sealed, but our commercial tower site that we lease space on is packed >>> full of Box Elder bugs, stink bugs, wasps, ladybugs, and mice. They all >>> seem to be seeking warmth for the coming winter. We lost two major >>> switches in two days, I believe due to bugs climbing inside and shorting >>> out the switches. I've screened the replacement. Here's hoping that it >>> works!!! >>> >> >> > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
