Holy crap, I discovered ants inside my Bel Canto DAC3vb last night. I saw something wrong in the small display and on closer inspection saw its some ants walking on the back of the display 'glass'.
Ok, I figured, maybe there are just a few looking around in there, but still need to open it up today and have a good look and clean them out, as well as seal it properly that it is not a safe haven for the ants anymore.
This afternoon I took it apart and to my horror I saw that they have created a proper nest in there, eggs and all - little buggers.
I opened the DAC when I 1st got it Dec last year and it was clean and clear of any critters.
I took some pics of before and after the cleanup. I dismantled the whole DAC, cleaned it, plugged all the holes and put it back together. I also taped up all the inputs that I do not use, as most of these have lots of room for the ants to pass through on what looks like an ant highway (to heaven).
Pics before:
After:
And then I taped the un-used ports closed:
I also checked my 2 monoblocks inside and luckily they had not moved in there yet, but as a precaution I ?sealed? them as well. While doing that I discovered that they are actually Ref1000 that had the Level 2 Parts Connexion mods done at some stage. Don?t know why I did not see the sticker at the bottom before now.
Ok, I figured, maybe there are just a few looking around in there, but still need to open it up today and have a good look and clean them out, as well as seal it properly that it is not a safe haven for the ants anymore.
This afternoon I took it apart and to my horror I saw that they have created a proper nest in there, eggs and all - little buggers.
I opened the DAC when I 1st got it Dec last year and it was clean and clear of any critters.
I took some pics of before and after the cleanup. I dismantled the whole DAC, cleaned it, plugged all the holes and put it back together. I also taped up all the inputs that I do not use, as most of these have lots of room for the ants to pass through on what looks like an ant highway (to heaven).
Pics before:
After:
And then I taped the un-used ports closed:
I also checked my 2 monoblocks inside and luckily they had not moved in there yet, but as a precaution I ?sealed? them as well. While doing that I discovered that they are actually Ref1000 that had the Level 2 Parts Connexion mods done at some stage. Don?t know why I did not see the sticker at the bottom before now.
