Raccoons tend to leave distinctive poop. I’m not sure I’ve ever had problems with them chewing cable. Usually it’s rodents, birds or dogs. I’ve seen squirrels climb 165 ft grain elevator ladders to chew on cables at the top, even with piles of corn and soybeans all over the ground. Go figure. I’ve seen raccoon poop on top of a 70 ft concrete silo but no chewed cables. I think they just have raccoon parties up there.
How high off the ground is the damage? Could it be deer? I’ve seen that. Raccoons supposedly have sensitive paws. Maybe you could install some spike strips to dissuade them. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 9:29 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Towers and Chewed Cat5 Conduit is your friend, but you do have to exit the conduit at some point. It certainly reduces the number of places where an animal can get at it. For radios with cable glands, you can replace the gland with the right fittings to bring conduit all the way to the device. We did that once, but it's very difficult to work with. Wouldn't try that again. You'd need a way to slide the conduit back several inches separately from the cable so you can access the plug. Like some kind of sliding union. On 5/8/2020 10:14 AM, Sean Heskett wrote: Yup all kinds of critters love cabling, I think it has a soy based product in it or something. Solution is to put the cable in armored liquidtight conduit. https://www.google.com/search?q=liquidtight <https://www.google.com/search?q=liquidtight&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari> &ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari -Sean On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 8:06 AM Matt <matt.mailingli...@gmail.com <mailto:matt.mailingli...@gmail.com> > wrote: Have a tower and a bundle of cat5's going up. Seems raccoons(I assume) climb up occasionally and chew on cat5 wires. Had one other tower this happened. Anyone else have this happen? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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