| ▲ | alienchow 17 hours ago |
| I'm not sure either. It's not an air tight bomb shelter and it's used like an average storeroom, storing stuff like winter jackets, suitcases and paint. I do use small amounts of Calcium Chloride based dessicants to keep the room dry. |
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| ▲ | mixologic 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Have you checked for Radon? |
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| ▲ | lima 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Radon and its progenitors won't produce nearly enough radiation to damage plastics like that at naturally occurring levels. | |
| ▲ | ajross 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Radon is a noble gas and chemically inert. It's radioactive, which is why it's a toxicity worry. But there was enough radiation in that basement to mechanically damage plastic in three years, OP would be long since dead. |
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| ▲ | mzhaase 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Water based or solvent based paint? |
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| ▲ | chneu 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If it's underground at all, check for radon. |
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| ▲ | CamperBob2 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | Radon is a noble gas. It's not going to affect fiber or wiring... but yes, if you're going to spend much time down there, definitely a good idea to check for it. | | |
| ▲ | VanTheBrand 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | Radon is radioactive. The alpha particles it emits can break down polymers and degrade plastics. | | |
| ▲ | bluGill 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Interseting - I have high radon (mitigeted in the house via a fan), if I burry fibre what will I need to do to get something that will work? I have an outbuilding that I want to give internet. | | |
| ▲ | lima 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | No, radiation from radon at naturally occurring levels won't cause any damage to plastics. |
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| ▲ | CamperBob2 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | If it were radioactive enough to do that, you'd have a much bigger problem than some networking flakiness. | | |
| ▲ | VanTheBrand 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don’t disagree but your comment made it sound impossible which it isn’t. | | |
| ▲ | CamperBob2 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | It absolutely is, for all practical purposes. Alpha radiation won't go more than 100 um or so into plastic. |
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