If a rat dies near a steam pipe, the body wonât dry and the smell can be horrible for weeks. The odor from a dead mouse may last only a day or two. In fact, there may be no noticeable odor from a single dead mouse but several dead mice in the same area could smell for a few days.
Most popping or crackling sounds in an audio system come from a bad or dirty connections. Sometimes they do come from a faulty unit or component, but in most cases it is a connection issue.
Crackles are intermittent explosive sounds that have been described as being similar to the crackling sound heard as wood burns. Crackles appear in the time domain as intermittent spike-like deflections.