[TowerTalk] Edible cable jackets

[Dick Green]

Oh! That reminds me of something I'd almost forgotten: about six or seven
years ago I had my 1993 Audi 90 Quattro car in for service and they told me
mice had eaten through most of the engine wiring. The electronic ignition
harness was just hanging on by a single thread of copper and I was
incredibly lucky that it hadn't broken -- I would have been up the
proverbial creek without a paddle. The engine is almost completely covered
by a plastic cowling and the mice had decided to nest under it during the
winter, which gets very cold here in New Hampshire. I guess when I came home
at night they would wait for it to cool off a bit, then scurry in to spend
the night in warm comfort. They must have scurried out at daybreak, or
perhaps when I started the car (never noticed rats running away from the
car, but I wasn't looking for them!)

I'm still driving that car. Come to think of it, I haven't checked for mouse
damage in a while...

73, Dick WC1M

> -----Original Message-----
> From: srefurd [mailto:srefurd at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:49 AM
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Edible cable jackets
> 
> 
> Mice and rats have a field day with wire insulation.  I let 
> my boat under a shed for a little more than a year, with a 
> cover on mind you, and had to totally rewire the boat.  Rats 
> had eaten all of the insulation and left the bare wires.  
> Better put it in pick!
> 
> R
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:40 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Edible cable jackets
> 
> 
> > A couple of weeks ago, I laid down two runs of CAT-3 computer cable 
> > from the house to the tower for a new antenna switching 
> system.  I was 
> > out
> there
> > yesterday after the rain stopped, and discovered a 2-foot 
> stretch of 
> > one
> of
> > the cables that appears to have been chewed by something.  
> Can't tell 
> > yet if the continuity has been broken on any of the pairs -- that's 
> > the next chore -- and I'm hoping this was a one-time 
> experience, but I 
> > was curious whether anyone knows anything about plastic 
> cable jacket 
> > materials that
> are
> > more or less attractive to small animals.
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 17 June 
> 03. Are you 
> > current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", 
> > "Wireless
> Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 
> 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TowerTalk mailing list
> > TowerTalk at contesting.com 
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
> 
> 
>