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Radon is a noble gas. It's not going to affect fiber or wiring... but yes, if you're going to spend much time down there, definitely a good idea to check for i
by CamperBob2 10mo ago
Radon is a noble gas. It's not going to affect fiber or wiring... but yes, if you're going to spend much time down there, definitely a good idea to check for it.
- VanTheBrand 10mo agoRadon is radioactive. The alpha particles it emits can break down polymers and degrade plastics.
- bluGill 10mo agoInterseting - I have high radon (mitigeted in the house via a fan), if I burry fibre what will I need to do to get something that will work? I have an outbuilding that I want to give internet.
- lima 10mo agoNo, radiation from radon at naturally occurring levels won't cause any damage to plastics.
- CamperBob2 10mo agoIf it were radioactive enough to do that, you'd have a much bigger problem than some networking flakiness.
- VanTheBrand 10mo agoI don’t disagree but your comment made it sound impossible which it isn’t.
- CamperBob2 10mo agoIt absolutely is, for all practical purposes. Alpha radiation won't go more than 100 um or so into plastic.
- arcfour 10mo agoWell technically a nuclear bomb would also degrade the jacket of fiber cabling pretty badly, but we don't really concern ourselves with that since it means you're dead and the house is gone anyways.