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That seems incredibly fast for plastic to degrade like that. I wonder if you could have something generating ozone in there.
by johnboiles 8mo ago
That seems incredibly fast for plastic to degrade like that. I wonder if you could have something generating ozone in there.
- alienchow 8mo agoI'm not sure either. It's not an air tight bomb shelter and it's used like an average storeroom, storing stuff like winter jackets, suitcases and paint. I do use small amounts of Calcium Chloride based dessicants to keep the room dry.
- chneu 8mo agoIf it's underground at all, check for radon.
- CamperBob2 8mo agoRadon is a noble gas. It's not going to affect fiber or wiring... but yes, if you're going to spend much time down there, definitely a good idea to check for it.
- VanTheBrand 8mo agoRadon is radioactive. The alpha particles it emits can break down polymers and degrade plastics.
- bluGill 8mo agoInterseting - I have high radon (mitigeted in the house via a fan), if I burry fibre what will I need to do to get something that will work? I have an outbuilding that I want to give internet.
- lima 8mo agoNo, radiation from radon at naturally occurring levels won't cause any damage to plastics.
- CamperBob2 8mo agoIf it were radioactive enough to do that, you'd have a much bigger problem than some networking flakiness.
- VanTheBrand 8mo agoI don’t disagree but your comment made it sound impossible which it isn’t.
- CamperBob2 8mo agoIt absolutely is, for all practical purposes. Alpha radiation won't go more than 100 um or so into plastic.
- arcfour 8mo agoWell technically a nuclear bomb would also degrade the jacket of fiber cabling pretty badly, but we don't really concern ourselves with that since it means you're dead and the house is gone anyways.
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- mixologic 8mo agoHave you checked for Radon?
- lima 8mo agoRadon and its progenitors won't produce nearly enough radiation to damage plastics like that at naturally occurring levels.
- ajross 8mo agoRadon is a noble gas and chemically inert. It's radioactive, which is why it's a toxicity worry. But there was enough radiation in that basement to mechanically damage plastic in three years, OP would be long since dead.
- mzhaase 8mo agoWater based or solvent based paint?
- alienchow 8mo agoShould be solvent based.
- adzm 8mo agoMy first thought exactly. I know someone who inadvertently melted a ton of stuff with overuse of an ozone generator, similar kind of effect
- da768 8mo agoWith all these paper reams on the picture, is there any laser printer nearby?