Re: Saw spider crawl into control box!

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had bugs in panels, usually very dead.

The worst one was a very dead, and very big scorpion. Scared the crap outta
me when I opened the box.
Whaddya gonna do? Seal up the hole in the wall where the wires come through?
How? What if you need to service them.

Personally I wouldn't bother...maybe put a mothball in the panel...or carry
a vacuum cleaner.


"Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3qa71cFdl9kiU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|I was wiring up my control box and watched a spider crawl down the wall,
| through a hole in top of the metal case, then behind the circuit board.
|
| I know that insects have caused problems with computers. Actually this is
| where the term "computer bug" first originated. There was a bug crawling
| around on the circuit boards which was causing a computer to crash again
and
| again. The solution was to put screen over the air vents so insects could
| not get inside.
|
| So I plan to do the same with my control box. Glue fine mesh screen around
| the sides/top/bottom. Then it will have ventilation, but keep the bugs
out.
|
| Anyone know of any problems with insects crawling around on control unit
| circuit boards? Perhaps this is the cause of some unexplained false
alarms?
|
|