| unclejed613 |
| i have a couple of subs in the shop that have had the internal wiring munched on by mice....... i'm trying to figure out a way to keep these little animals out of the ports without adversely effecting the sound..... a wad of fiberglass in the port? or steel wool?...... any ideas??????? |
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| TomWaits |
Today I was working in an electrical panel that had a perfect skeleton of a dead mouse in it. I guess during tough times the buggers ate the insulation off the old wires. I guess the old wires had some natural oils in the cloth braid.
Can you "mouse-proof" the garage? It would be nice if you could keep them out of your entire building but this can be expensive I guess. Good luck.
Cheers,
Shawn. |
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| neutron7 |
mice could probably get through fiberglass wad pretty easilly, they might even like it for nesting.
How about some wire mesh on the inside end of the port. as long as the port is not too close to the point where it makes noise "chuffs" it should be fine.
or
turn them upside down so the port is too high up for the mice to reach?
much more amusing would be a motion detector connected to a circuit that plays a huge bass drum sample when a mouse comes in the port. the sudden air pressure out the port would shoot the mouse across the room:)
automatic mouse cannon might be number 1 video on utube as well :) |
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| jpg |
| I vote for wire mesh, too. Won't change the sound a bit (unless you have very high air velocities in the port). |
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| mikee55 |
Get your'reself a pussy.
Cheers mikee55:D |
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| jamite |
| I capped off my ports with tule (the fabric a tu-tu is made out of) and it works great to keep the insulation from making its way into the port. I'm thinking wire mesh would work pretty well, since a mouse would make short work of any cloth like material. Might want to throw some kind of foam gasket between the port and mesh so that you don't get the mesh rattling against the port. |
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| ak_47_boy |
My friend had mice in his garage. We got one or those ultrasonic noise makers that you leave pluged into the wall for $12 at wallmart. Problem solved, amazing.
| quote: | Originally posted by mikee55
Get your'reself a pussy.
Cheers mikee55:D |
Hehe, they like the warm amps. If thats the pussy your talking about :0 |
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| Renron |
| quote: | Originally posted by neutron7
automatic mouse cannon might be number 1 video on utube as well :) |
ROTFLMAO
I too have found mice skeletons in electric panels. They ate the wires out of both my cars in the garage.....:cry: expensive fix. The mechanic says he sees it all the time in the fall / winter. The mice knaw on wires to sharpen / shorten their teeth as they grow all the time.
I have found small round vent covers made for rafter blocking (frese) have a decent wire size mesh and look great (on down firing subs)....They look like sheet.
Ron |
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| pinkmouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by neutron7
... the sudden air pressure out the port would shoot the mouse across the room... |
I think I object to that concept! ;) |
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| saabracer23 |
I kid you not, there is a mouse in my mother's electircal box obvioulsy killed by electricity, that has been there for at least 3 years and the body is perfectly preserved. If you saw it you would think that it was alive except for the fact that it doesnt move. Wouldn't it be maggot infested unless there is a current going through it? I don't get it.
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| Renron |
My bet is that dead mouse is completley dried out by now. Maggots only arrive by flys depositing their eggs into rotting things.
Pinkmouse, You may want to block this thread....it looks like it could get ugly for Rodenti. :)
Ron |
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| mikee55 |
I'd go with the ultrasonic.
Still get pussy though!
Cheers mikee55:D |
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| unclejed613 |
| i suppose i could also wire a charged power supply cap across the port with a couple of strips of window foil inside the port for contact through the critter's feet...... maybe charge it from the internal power supply (i forgot to mention, these are powered subs)..... just have to make sure i put a warning sticker outside the port, or some human, trying to clean out the port might get bit by it.....:bigeyes: |
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| OzMikeH |
| I hate those ultrasonic pest thingies, Some of them I can hear from 2 houses away on a quiet day. |
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| jamite |
| Lots of coat hangers and maybe a tinfoil helmet will help with that. ;) |
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| jpg |
| Don't forget that if you combine ultrasonic and pussy, the pussy needs a melon helmet. |
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| Cal Weldon |
:cop:
I pulled the last post. |
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| Renron |
| It was only a matter of time concidering the direction this thread is heading......:whazzat: |
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| mikee55 |
If he got a moggy in his shop, you know, a cat, he could eliminate his pests and provide a welcoming feature for customers. You can get Submoggers as well as Subwoofers.
Pull that. |
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