Insect Conductivity

From: Christopher McNabb <cmcnabb_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Jul 26 18:07:38 2004

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:40:57 -0400 (EDT), John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com> wrote:

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> Attracted by something, a stream of medium-sized red ants were ascending
> the power cord and swarming into the fan grilles on the power supply -

When we lived in florida we had to replace the outside part of our Air
Conditioner due to just such an ant invasion. According to the A/C
repair guy, he had replaced a lot A/C units that had been damaged by
ants. apparantly, it is the insulation on the wires that they like.
Received on Mon Jul 26 2004 - 18:07:38 BST