The foam in the cable tray wall passage had been falling on the floor in little bite-sized pieces, so I investigated and found a fiber cable that had be chewed/clawed through. I didn't find any droppings anywhere in the 40m, but I decided to bait an un-set trap and see if we'd find activity around it. There has been none so far. If there is still none tomorrow, I will move the trap and keep looking for signs of rodentia. At the moment, the trap is in a box in front of the double doors at the north end of the control room. Next it will be place in the IFO room, up in the cable tray.
gautam: the fiber that was damaged was the one from the LSC rack FiBox to the control room FiBox. So no DAFI action for a bit... |