Good Reason to Worry About Roof Leaks

This winter I've had three outages caused by water leaking into the bldg and causing the jacks to corrode to the point of total damage. That's more than I've had in a decade at work. No problem replacing a few dollar jack. But with the near record setting rains we had, these kinds of problems should have been taken care of if roofs and exteriors had been maintained better.

But it didn't occur to me that things could've been much worse if more water had leaked until I read this article. Of course the rain water isn't as potent as urine..

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You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it:
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Hey! That's a brilliant thought. The rain probably has a high concentration of acid from the pollution, smog, etc. And that would explain why the damage is so total to the jack. I found that the two center gold plated wires were completely gone, replaced with a pile of black corrosion.

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Well, if you are in a part of the country that suffers from acid rains, you may find that it's only slightly less potent than a Japanese kitten's urine ;-)

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In article , Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" writes

Any salts, or solubles, in the water will increase its' conductivity.. Presumably your centre pair is carrying 'phone signal, hence has a potential on it? - One slight 'hole' in the plating, and you have bi- metallic corrosion. The metal would also tend to migrate to the cathode, just like electro-plating. Phil Partridge snipped-for-privacy@pebbleGRIT.demon.co.uk Remove the grit to reply

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