Re: Saw spider crawl into control box!

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I took a 15 year old Yuasa out of neglected panel a few months back...sides
of it bulged out so much it deformed the panel door, it was just lead
pebbles inside battery...made noise like a rattle. Radx 6112 still
running!...a little warm but still worked.



"Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Screen mesh is a good idea- Never completely seal a control panel, since
the
| battery vents small amounts of hydrogen gas when charging.
|
|
| "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?
| >
| >
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