down firing port warning

re510
re510 Posts: 29
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
last night at about 3am i heard my dog and cat going crazy and got up to check it out i heard a squeaking sound and both animals were standing by my rt1000i and i heard something inside and removed the amp and speaker and sure enough there was a damn mouse inside so ishook the speaker around and it ran out under the couch and i couldn't find it until i woke up the next morning and it was laying dead in the middle of the room. who would of thought?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited November 2005
    You're lucky.........most don't find them until they start stinkin'! Ports are known for housing those varmits.
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited November 2005
    wow well at least you have some dogs and cats there to find it....wiring and rodents don't get along

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited November 2005
    **** man, rodents inside the house? Broom, mop, pine-sol and some decon broham.

    :D:D

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,842
    edited November 2005
    Sounds like your cat needs to be fired! That mouse should've never been in the house. Years of cat ownership and I've never seen a mouse or any signs of one.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited November 2005
    We used an old fashioned mouse trap to schwack the invader in our house... creased him right above the brow line. SMACK!

    cost: 36 cents for the trap, $1.50 for the gas to buy the trap, no more mouse **** on the kitchen counters: priceless.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited November 2005
    Too bad it was so early in the morning. Cranking the sub would have taken care of the little pest. Sort of a home-made infrasonic device like the ones they sell in the back of Popular Mechanics to keep the bugs away.

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  • Eric W
    Eric W Posts: 556
    edited November 2005
    Hmmm, interesting. We've heard a few cases of animals getting into the speakers. One customer's hamster climbed thru his port of his sub and ate the wires inside.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2005
    Wow, I had never even thought about rodents getting inside your speakers. And then I wouldn't have thought about them eating the wiring, lol. I'm sure glad that's not a problem at my house....'cause that'd make me real mad!
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited November 2005
    if it happened to me i'd hope it occured when i was powering my speaks. maybe that sucker would become one with the internal crossovers. wonder if my speakers would squeal and make squeeky noises after the fact.

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