Insects and TV repair ARRRRRRRRRRRR

[120volts]

I was wondering what if anything YOU PEOPLE due to prevent insects from getting into your shop or home.

I found a source to get one or more flat screen TVs a week.

The thing is I have no idea where they came from or whats wrong with them.

I never thought much about insects until one day on the way to work I saw a plasma TV on the side of the street.

Of coarse I couldn't resists, I pulled over and grabbed it.

At work we had a spray booth and at lunch time I thought it would be a great place to remove the back of the TV and blow out the dust.

So I brought it in and just as soon as I removed the back," ARRRRRRR" about 30 Cockroaches came running out.

Well luckily no one saw, I put the back on the TV and threw it in the company dumpster.

Two days later the company had an exterminator spray the 30,000 ft building.
I'm still curious to this day what it cost them.

Since then I always remove the back of TVs outside before bringing them in.

[tw2005]

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So glad I just finished breakfast before viewing this.

[bassn1968]

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recently had a similar issue when a woman ask me to look at her tv I set it in the house and didnt open it until the next day, now I am have borax all over my hose to make sure I dont get an infestation.People should be considerate enough to tell you they have a problem.I put the set together and returned it to her unrepaired!

[120volts]

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You guys got Roaches in Texas?

I got a PLASMA TV from a known BedBug infested home.
It was winter, I wrapped it in a plastic bag and left it outside for a month.
I then realized it was only a 480 res I got rid of it fast.

[ohmmy]

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When I was on an Xbox 360 fix kick, I'd get at least two consoles with every bundle that had either dead roaches or what looked like warms (maybe cocoons)

Well the last xbox I had was the grossest yet! Literally filled with roaches. Even adult sized ones inside the disc drive that I assume they must have went in as babies and grew because no way they could squeeze in that sealed little unit.

That was last draw, I stopped the Xbox thing, they run hot so perfect breeding grounds.

[120volts]

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Lol

[SeanB]

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Dropped 2 foggers in a room last week, next day the floor was a scattering of roaches on their backs waving legs at me. Here we have tough roaches, step on one soft and it will almost carry you away. they eat the rodent bait and survive.

If the roaches are a problem then the rats will scare you, they are as big as the feral cats.

[mmartell]

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I think I just threw up in my mouth...

Honestly this is something I hadn't even considered. Thanks for the heads up.

[aaronwt6]

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I install dish network on the side. Used to do it more frequently while I was in college. I've seen many a receiver that died due to roaches. I've cracked the top on one before and had literally a layer of roaches an inch thick. Could even see the circuit boards.

[truep]

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Do you guys remember the origin of the term "bug" in the computer industry? It referred to insects shorting out tube compuetr circuits.

[aaronwt6]

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Do you guys remember the origin of the term "bug" in the computer industry? It referred to insects shorting out tube compuetr circuits.

Little before my time on the tubes but I'll certainly remember that from now on. The receivers I'm referring to though were certainly fried by those roaches. The motherboards were so corroded it's really amazing they were functioning for as long as they did.

[RJARRRPCGP]

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I never thought much about insects until one day on the way to work I saw a plasma TV on the side of the street.

Of coarse I couldn't resists, I pulled over and grabbed it.

At work we had a spray booth and at lunch time I thought it would be a great place to remove the back of the TV and blow out the dust.

So I brought it in and just as soon as I removed the back," ARRRRRRR" about 30 Cockroaches came running out.

In Massachusetts, it's usually mosquitoes, lol.

[120volts]

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I don't think to much about mosquitoes.
I just Run indoors when the sun start going down.
And if one gets in the house no one sleeps until it's dead dead dead and flushed down the toilet!!!!!!!

[kc8adu]

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had a roachy pc last week.bestec bomb packed full.
yes it killed the mobo.
saved the ram,hdd,cpu,and the heatsink since it was easy to wash and looked like it would do fine in a led mod.
all bugs were dead but it still couldnt hit the dumpster fast enough!

[Uniballer]

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Do you guys remember the origin of the term "bug" in the computer industry? It referred to insects shorting out tube compuetr circuits.

I believe it was a moth in a relay in the Mark II relay computer just after WW2.

[freakaftr8]

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I toted home a Magnavox 50 inch plasma that was filled with roaches a couple years back. When I popped the back open roaches scattered everywhere in my living room! The mainboard was absolutely corroded beyond repair. I had roach issues for 6 months. Exterminator came three times, finally gone. This is just the messy part of out hobby/job I guess.That thing went to the recycler quick! Kept the panel to put in a cracked screen Philips though, it was still good.

[Dang]

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I live here in sunny old England and thankfully we don't have these issues, I've had real bad dirt and fluff build up but roaches or any other insects, nothing thankfully, not to say we don't have roaches here, we do but it seems not to the same extent.

[splitcrete]

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When I pick up a tv I bring a clean shop rag with me.I wipe the top, and back of the set. If the dust stays on the tv it most likely has roaches. Roaches pee, and poop on every thing and its like dust glue. When I go into a house I look around if it looks filthy I just say no deal. Haven't had a bug yet. When I sell a set I clean it inside and out trying to make it look as new as I can.

[momaka]

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I toted home a Magnavox 50 inch plasma that was filled with roaches a couple years back. When I popped the back open roaches scattered everywhere in my living room! The mainboard was absolutely corroded beyond repair. I had roach issues for 6 months. Exterminator came three times, finally gone.

That is scary!

I used to pickup computer stuff from Craigslist and dumpsters until I got this:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=122
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=126
Ever since then, if I get something, I take it apart outside in my backyard as soon as I get it. If it looks even remotely nasty or even smells questionable, I toughly blast it with a jet of water from the garden hose. After that, more washing with detergent. Roaches are the last thing I want in my house.

In my friends repair shop, we were given a Nintendo 64 once with a broken power jack (or something similar). It did smell funny when we got it, but luckily I was not the person that got assigned to fix it. When my friend took it apart and pulled the cover - run for your lives, said the 1000 or so roaches that ran out of it!

Without further thoughts, we put the thing outside, far away from the building and called the lady who left it to pick it up. It was rainy that day too, but we didn't care. If anything, the rain probably did it some good with the cleaning.

[Glitcher]

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I had a tv filled with roaches. I usually bring the tv home and put it on the floor of my room, and sometimes on my beds since I have like no space. One time I bought the tv to my room, but I saw one roach running around the tv and into the holes, so I thought oh I should probably do this in the bathroom (thought to myself its only one roach). Then in the bathroom I saw a couple more like 3 so I was like okay I am definitely not opening this thing in the house... Took it outside and opened it up and behold the hundreds of dead roaches inside.. and a few scattered.