[c-nsp] smoke and condensation damage to routers

[Roy]

I think I would start by asking Cisco. Their typical specs show the
storage conditions. Example:

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• Storage temperature: -38 to 150°F (-40 to 70°C)

• Storage relative humidity: 5 to 95% relative humidity (RH)



Darrell Root wrote:
>
> 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
>
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