[c-nsp] smoke and condensation damage to routers

[Darrell Root]

We had a fire in a building where we stored a significant quantity of  
gear and are attempting to
determine whether any of the gear in the vicinity can be trusted (and  
dealing with the insurance
adjustor).

Stuff sprayed with water or in dense smoke (everything on the floor of  
the fire) is thrown out of course.

I've got some switches which were 1 floor downstairs from the fire.   
They were in moderate smoke.
They are dry, although the building was very humid (3 inches of water  
on floor).  Most of them smell
smoky.

My worst judgement call is a pair of ASA5580-40's in the original  
packaging 1 floor down from the
fire.  They were inside a plastic bag inside a box on a pallet.  The  
box is dry.
Some condensation was noticed inside the plastic bag when it was  
opened up.

 From my standpoint I don't want to trust any of this gear in  
production.  Of course, the insurance
adjustor sees gear that appears undamaged and is now completely dry.

Anyone have experience running gear that was subjected to smoke, and  
possibly some
condensation?  Did it result in abnormal outages in the future?

Darrell Root
ciscotraining at mac.com