Throwing away infected classic consoles

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sin2beta:
If you get into picking up and repairing old consoles, you will see this a lot. Roaches and ants LOVE living in electronics. I've heard it is because of the magnetic field. But more likely, it is easily defendable and perfect for nests. The little guys invade modems so much that most internet tech people will have "roach bags" for infested modems. When they get called out for a broken modem and see roaches or ants, they just throw them in these bags. I've heard that some companies have trailers full of these. I'm not sure about that part though.

But yeah, you'll find roaches and ants in consoles a lot. Just clean em out.

Interestingly enough, this damages cars a lot too. Mechanics routinely clean mice nests from engines and exhaust. Usually having to remove several cooked critters as well. I'm a fan of Kawasaki Ninjas and the Ninja forum I'm on gets posts like that several times a year.

htimreimer:

--- Quote from: sin2beta on December 05, 2013, 10:29:36 pm ---If you get into picking up and repairing old consoles, you will see this a lot. Roaches and ants LOVE living in electronics. I've heard it is because of the magnetic field. But more likely, it is easily defendable and perfect for nests. The little guys invade modems so much that most internet tech people will have "roach bags" for infested modems. When they get called out for a broken modem and see roaches or ants, they just throw them in these bags. I've heard that some companies have trailers full of these. I'm not sure about that part though.

But yeah, you'll find roaches and ants in consoles a lot. Just clean em out.

Interestingly enough, this damages cars a lot too. Mechanics routinely clean mice nests from engines and exhaust. Usually having to remove several cooked critters as well. I'm a fan of Kawasaki Ninjas and the Ninja forum I'm on gets posts like that several times a year.

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this is definitely true, my NES also had spiders

sin2beta:
One other thing I can say is that I bought my XBox from Vintage Stock. Once I brought it home I noticed a roach crawling out of the fan grate. Not that Vintage Stock is dirty, it's just something about electronics that bugs like. I just cleaned it out.

I make a point to routinely open and clean my consoles not just for maintenance but to make sure there are no bugs creating a bugtropolis in there.

blipcs76:
I've had stuff that had spider webs in it, but I don't think I've actually even seen a cockroach. It's just not a common problem around here. That being said, now I'm wary of every console I have sitting in my house, as if they're all roach bombs ready to explode and infest my house. :o

sin2beta:
Lol. I think i is different bugs in different areas. Here in Texas... it is roaches. But it seems to be a problem here. Not a huge problem, but they seem to be the pest. Boulder Colorado had field mice galore. Walking the sidewalk home you would just hear them in the bushes and see them darting across the sidewalk as you walked. Again not a huge problem. But just the resident pest.

If you don't live in a warmer part of the world, bugs probably won't be a big issue. If you are in the southern (east or west) part, it's probably a bigger issue.

I wouldn't worry. I've never seen any in my consoles after being in my possession but I spray the casing with cleaner. Protip: Pledge (a type of cleaning product for people in other parts of the world) on the the casing makes them look hella shiny and new!

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