NPC RE: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification and mice

Tue Aug 29 17:30:27 EDT 2006

Ok, now I think you have fallen off the deep end.  I know mice can get
through small holes, but not small pipe.  Put a 6-foot long piece of 1/2
inch pvc through the wall, put a piece of cheese at the inside end of
the pipe, set up a video camera and start taping.  If I see a mouse
travel 6 feet through a 1/2 pipe and crawl out to get the cheese, I'll
pay your Silver State entry.

JB

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry - Ohio Time Corp. [mailto:larry at ohiotimecorp.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:19 PM
To: John Bentley (jab); Michael Shortt; damaadams at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification

JB

A mouse can get its self through a 1/4" hole, so I am told. I build my
house 
myself. There is not a 1/4 inch hole in it. I still get mouses in the
house. 
This time of year they start to look for warmer place to live.

I had them get into the old Pantera and ate off all the felt from the
trunk 
and tub. They did a great job of it too.

Larry (mouse man) - Cleveland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bentley (jab)" <jab at cisco.com>
To: "Larry - Ohio Time Corp." <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; "Michael Shortt"

<michael at michaelshortt.com>; <damaadams at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:58 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification

> GL,
>
> Damn, you guys must have large pipe over there in Ohio.  How big a
drain
> do you need? :)  If your pipe is big enough for a mouse to crawl in
it,
> you may have other problems as well!
>
> JB
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry - Ohio Time Corp. [mailto:larry at ohiotimecorp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:50 PM
> To: John Bentley (jab); Michael Shortt; damaadams at aol.com
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>
> JB
>
> The mouses up this way will eat plastic like it is food to get it out
of
> the
> way. If you use a copper or stainless brillo they will not eat it.
>
> Larry (mouse land) - Cleveland
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Bentley (jab)" <jab at cisco.com>
> To: "Michael Shortt" <michael at michaelshortt.com>; <damaadams at aol.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:10 PM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>
>
>> Just stick a chunk of that plastic "brillo" stuff in the pipe to keep
>> critters out if necessary.
>>
>> JB
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Michael Shortt
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:02 PM
>> To: damaadams at aol.com
>> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>>
>> Just a silly thought regarding insects and other critters coming in
> thru
>> a
>> drain line....what if you built in a u-shaped trap on the drain line
> on
>> the
>> way out, would a bug pull a Jacques Costeau to get in?
>>
>>
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>> To: <mikeldrew at aol.com>; <duz185 at ori.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>>
>>
>>> Jury is out on the condensate drains. I want to minimize potential
>> routes
>>> for critters to get in. Especially all the mice that live in the
> woods
>>
>>> with us. As for the existing garage, the lifts and tools stay there
> so
>> I
>>> can do all the dirty stuff in the existing garage. It will also help
>>> eliminate the current "Rubic's cube" ceremony I have to go through
to
>> take
>>> out one of the cars in a top bunk. The tractor, snow blower,
> emergency
>>
>>> generator, etc. are also looking forward to having a little more
> elbow
>>
>>> room.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mikeldrew at aol.com
>>> To: damaadams at aol.com; duz185 at ori.net; detomaso at realbig.com
>>> Sent: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 2:43 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dehumidification
>>>
>>>
>>> Darryl wrote:
>>>
>>> While my attached garage is heated, it isn't cooled. I have two
>>> dehumidifiers
>>> running 24/7 during the "moist" months. I sometimes have to empty
> them
>>
>>> each
>>> daily. That's over 3 gallons of humidity a day. (My wife is in and
> out
>> of
>>> the
>>> garage with her Expedition fairly often, so the machines are
fighting
>> a
>>> losing
>>> battle.)
>>>
>>>>>>You should be able to rig up a simple system to allow the
>> dehumidifiers
>>>>>>to drain automatically. Johnny Woods has several of them in his
>> garage,
>>>>>>and he simply cut a hole in the bottom of the tub in each one, and
>> then
>>>>>>ran some PVC pipe to the outside of the building where the water
>> drains
>>>>>>away.
>>>
>>>>I've now begun construction on a sealed pole building that will just
>>> house my cars, so it will be interesting to see the difference.
While
>> I
>>> was
>>> refinishing some spots on one of the cars the bare metal sat for
>> several
>>> days
>>> and I noticed no surface rust starting, so the portable dehumdifiers
>> seem
>>> to
>>> work well.
>>>
>>>>>>Yes, there's no question they are beneficial for cars in humid
>>>>>>environments.
>>>
>>> What on earth will you do with your existing monster garage when you
>> have
>>> built another monster garage???
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
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