Any idea what this is, growing in an electrical enclosure?

[schaffs997]

Non-electrician here. I'm looking to pick the hive brain and wonder if any of you have come across anything similar to the growth in these pictures - this was found within a sealed electrical panel located within a manufacturing environment. Any ideas what it could be?
Thanks in advance.

 

[roys]

Ohhh weird

 

[Badger]

What type of manufacturing do they do its not plastics or fibre glass type manufacturing is it as the fibres look like fibre glass material

 

[UNG]

When you say "sealed electrical panel" how sealed is it
What type of plant is this panel on looks like it could be dust / particle ingress from a manufacturing process

 

[kerching]

I nstalled data network in a factory that made, amongst other things, ladies sanitary products. Everything was full of lint. Take a ceiling tile out SNOWSTORM
Just saying

 

[schaffs997]

Cheers for the replies so far - its an aircraft manufacturing plant - pretty clean environment with no airborne dusts etc. The cabinet is sealed as in ATEX rated - though not sure of the spec.....its deffo a weird one

 

[Geoff1946]

From the even distribution on varying surfaces and materials it looks to me to have been sprayed with a fluid which has subsequently supported some sort of fungal growth. You need a chemist. I would treat it with respect, whilst unknown, as some fungus spores are harmful.

 

[schaffs997]

Thanks Geoff - that's the thinking- and next port of call. I've spoken to a few people and no-one seen anything like before.

 

[binky]

From the even distribution on varying surfaces and materials it looks to me to have been sprayed with a fluid which has subsequently supported some sort of fungal growth. You need a chemist. I would treat it with respect, whilst unknown, as some fungus spores are harmful.

Can't help thinking whoever installed the board had very sweaty hands. I have seen something like this in a solar inverter with a slight leak. Damp and heat had cuased fungal growth inside the inverter and a lot of corrosion.

Would definetly get it analysed though, you can get some pretty poisonous compounds under such circumstances.

 

[bladerunnerpv]

I'm also non-electrician! The only thing I've ever seen that looks like this is a hoar frost which I once saw formed on the inner roof of a tent, would seem extremely unlikely to me though given electrics usually generate some heat and also you don't mention any refrigeration. best of luck solving it...

 

[apprentice87]

Non-electrician here. I'm looking to pick the hive brain and wonder if any of you have come across anything similar to the growth in these pictures - this was found within a sealed electrical panel located within a manufacturing environment. Any ideas what it could be?
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This factory; Is it smelly in there?? Are there large temperature changes or is it humid in there??

john..

 

[apprentice87]

WARNING.. I downloaded one of the photos this morning and when i went to open it the program said that it could not as the file was too big..

An hour later i did a virus scan which detected a zip file containing my first ever virus..

Coincidence????

john..

 

[carl.d]

It looks like a white mould/fungus. If by chance moisture got in before the panel was sealed. If the panel get warm while in operation and cools when off, this will create the right environment over time .