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Bug spray
PlainName:
Got some plastic junction boxes in the garden which house RJ45 connections, typically for CCTV. Unfortunately, they are not sealed and it's not really practical to seal them fully, so over quite a log time they can get infested with, er, things that leave black dropping like fine damp soil. Or maybe it's fungus - little things move when I open them but I've not looked too closely.
Anyway, they gum up the works. Is there some kind of spray or coating which will get them to bugger off and leave the stuff alone?
Stray Electron:
A lot of times ants get into outside boxes like that. Try putting some Boric Acid power in there. That will usually take care of them. I would NOT recommend any kind of "bug spray" . Most of those use a petroleum carrier and that stuff can be bad about attacking plastics.
PlainName:
Thanks.
After putting 'boric acid' into an Amazon search, it seems that I'm going to be inundated with, uh, female health products for the next few weeks.
TimFox:
I have had good luck with boric-acid anti-ant products from Terro. https://www.terro.com/indoor-baiting
They make a viscous liquid that when deployed on small cardboard squares (nicely cut from their packaging) attracts ants away from your goodies, and they track the material back to their nests to share with the others.
Before using that, I had two Fluke plastic-packaged voltmeters that were infested by ants--they seem to like ABS.
Google will give you recipes to mix your own borax products.
PlainName:
Cheers, Tim. I can feel a minor war coming on :)
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