keeping little critters out of woofer ports?????

unclejed613 · 26th March 2007, 03:42 AM

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???????

TomWaits · 26th March 2007, 04:53 AM

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.

neutron7 · 26th March 2007, 05:07 AM

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

jpg · 26th March 2007, 05:33 AM

I vote for wire mesh, too. Won't change the sound a bit (unless you have very high air velocities in the port).

mikee55 · 26th March 2007, 07:59 PM

Get your'reself a pussy.

Cheers mikee55

jamite · 26th March 2007, 08:09 PM

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.

ak_47_boy · 26th March 2007, 08:38 PM

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

Hehe, they like the warm amps. If thats the pussy your talking about :0

Renron · 26th March 2007, 09:29 PM

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

pinkmouse · 26th March 2007, 10:00 PM

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!

saabracer23 · 26th March 2007, 10:01 PM

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.

Dan

26th March 2007, 03:42 AM	#1
unclejed613 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2006	keeping little critters out of woofer ports????? 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??????? __________________ Vintage Audio and Pro-Audio repair ampz(removethis)@sohonet.net spammer trap: http://www1284177414881.v-dc.net/

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26th March 2007, 04:53 AM	#2
TomWaits diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2005	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.

26th March 2007, 05:07 AM	#3
neutron7 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto Canada	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

26th March 2007, 05:33 AM	#4
jpg diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany	I vote for wire mesh, too. Won't change the sound a bit (unless you have very high air velocities in the port).

26th March 2007, 08:09 PM	#6
jamite diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: BC, Canada	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.

26th March 2007, 10:01 PM	#10
saabracer23 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	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. Dan

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