[Elecraft] Cables and Animals

[Mike Markowski]

At an army radar tracking installation, we invited in a stray cat 
because mice were continually eating through cables, nesting in tape 
drive bays, zapping themselves, and of course causing (smelly!) problems 
for us afterward.  The cat must have been well fed with the mice because 
it never contributed to the chewed cables.  :-)

73,
Mike ab3ap

On 04/12/2012 04:56 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> In commercial installations where much of the equipment is racked we'd
> occasionally find a dead cat or rat hanging on a cable or on the floor
> underneath. They either chewed or they climbed a cable and their claws
> penetrated the insulation of a wire carrying mains voltage or HV from some
> other source.
>
> Of course puppies love to chew on anything chewy. Cable carrying voltage can
> be very dangerous for curious pets.
>
> 73,
>
> Ron AC7AC