Thirty years ago there was a not-dissimilar problem on the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project, a pre-LHC particle accelerator (much larger than the LH

Thirty years ago there was a not-dissimilar problem on the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project, a pre-LHC particle accelerator (much larger than the LHC; the Higgs field could have been detected twenty years ago if it had been completed) in Texas. Fire ants (solenopsis) got into electrical boxes and caused no end of problems. Arc faults are one result. Located as it is in the desert southwest, solenopsis infestation should be investigated as a possible cause.