Where is the ducting, where are the rats going to and from.. this will help determine how to avoid the duct being a hallway for them.. you can keep changing cable or blocking the duct but ultimately, why do they want to use this particular tube?
Steve On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, 19:49 David Round, <[email protected]> wrote: > Until recently we had never had an issue with rats damaging our fibres in > our many underground ducts. Over the last few years we have been installing > CST armoured fibres because other people have had problems with rodents and > also we judged that CST would probably be enough to stop new cables sawing > through existing ones when they were drawn in – a problem we have had. Just > recently we have had two cases of rat damage with a number of fibres being > cut. These were older, unarmoured duct grade cables. Our two pronged plan > was to pull in replacement CST armoured cables and try and control the > rats. When talking to the rodent control chap though, I got a bit of a > surprise. He said that the rats would prefer to gnaw on the armoured cable > and would easily cut through the CST armour. Does anyone have any > real-world experience of this? Should we be installing SWA armoured? Are > there any other actions we should be considering? The rodent control chap > suggested sealing up the ends of the ducts in each chamber, not to stop the > rats, but to allow us to track them so that we can find where they are > getting in to the network. > > > > Thank you in advance for any advice. > > > > David > > > > *Mae croeso i chi gysylltu gyda'r Brifysgol yn Gymraeg neu Saesneg* > > *You are welcome to contact the University in Welsh or English* > > *Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig 1141565 - Registered Charity No. 1141565* > > Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys > deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y > cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon > trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilewch y neges. Os > na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio a defnyddio, cadw > neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu > safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn > cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod > y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn > ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr > e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae > rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. > > This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is > solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this > email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. > If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or > disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are > solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Bangor > University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any > attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated > in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a > binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the > Bangor University Finance Office. >
