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Cable box dies. Cat to blame.
This time of year Espy starts considering the top of the cable box a
fine place to hang out. For those of you without these horrid devices, they descramble the cable tv signal so we can watch. For some reason, they stay very warm all the time. I've always suspected the reason that the power supply fails every other year or so is because Espy is blocking the vents and causing it to overheat. So now I have a new, toasty, cable box and Espy is giving it his seal of approval. |
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Cable box dies. Cat to blame.
Yeah, that's Jessie's favorite spot too whenever there's no sunbeam coming
in through one of the windows (Houston... winter...sun? what's sun? - no cold, no snow, but definitely no sun). -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/ "dgk" wrote in message ... This time of year Espy starts considering the top of the cable box a fine place to hang out. For those of you without these horrid devices, they descramble the cable tv signal so we can watch. For some reason, they stay very warm all the time. I've always suspected the reason that the power supply fails every other year or so is because Espy is blocking the vents and causing it to overheat. So now I have a new, toasty, cable box and Espy is giving it his seal of approval. |
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Cable box dies. Cat to blame.
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:23:29 -0500, dgk wrote:
I've always suspected the reason that the power supply fails every other year or so is because Espy is blocking the vents and causing it to overheat. So now I have a new, toasty, cable box and Espy is giving it his seal of approval. In my case, it's a satellite receiver. Millie was the main one using it as a heater. One time, she threw up a hairball on it and the liquid got into the circuitry and killed it. Fortunately, I know how to recover electronics damaged that (and some other ways): several water washes followed by a several distilled water rinses. I solved the problem by adding a shelf above the one over the TV where the receiver lives - far enough above it to allow ventilation but close enough that cats can't get between the two shelves. No more puke in the receiver. -- Ted Davis ) |
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Cable box dies. Cat to blame.
dgk wrote:
This time of year Espy starts considering the top of the cable box a fine place to hang out. For those of you without these horrid devices, they descramble the cable tv signal so we can watch. For some reason, they stay very warm all the time. I've always suspected the reason that the power supply fails every other year or so is because Espy is blocking the vents and causing it to overheat. So now I have a new, toasty, cable box and Espy is giving it his seal of approval. Shadow is just the same with the satellite box. -- Adrian (Owned by Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Cable box dies. Cat to blame.
On Nov 30, 12:13*pm, Adrian wrote:
Shadow is just the same with the satellite box. -- Dunzi loves the network hub- it's been real fun to watch the battle of wills between her and Dave over the last year or so since we got it. It started with him saying he didn't want her lying on it which after many attempts to push her off only to have her get back on again ended with the compromise that she is allowed to lie on top of it but only her front legs, head and chest and she is CERTAINLY not allowed to stand on it! Yes you've guessed it she does it all the time- he's always telling her to get off or move back a bit- I give it another 3 months before he even gives up on that Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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