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IanMetro



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Soy Covered Cables

My daughter in Canada has just had to have her Toyota Pick up re-wired because the rats ate her wiring.

Is their an antidote?

Found this on line - news to me

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With poison baits increasingly now only being sold to licenced operatives the only other course is to use live traps

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chicken george



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on a trip round a combine harvester factory, the manufactures told me they spend thousands annually trying to invent/source vermin proof wiring and still haven't succeeded.

placing old fashioned mothballs has some deterrent effect, no good in a car I guess, unless in storage as traveling will vent the mothball fumes away At work
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That’s odd, Ford had to put a “nasty taste” in the looms of vehicles years ago because in the Bavaria region in particular we were getting issues with Pine Martens chewing the new (soy) looms, so cannot understand why the manufacturer you saw could not do it also, it’s been known for a very long time now. Regards

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Back in the 70s we installed miles and miles of cable in rat infested environment and the only ones that survived was brass taped, what that means it has a very thin layer of brass tape just underneath the first layer of PVC. Once the rodents get through the PVC the brass tape nicks and cut the rats mouth and sometime later ... exit one rat.

Steel wire armoured didn’t last five minutes by comparison.


I’ve no idea if it’s still in use today but it was very effective

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chicken george



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it was John Deere trouble with a combine harvester is its basically loaded with rat/mice food even after a good clean down, and the rodents have to bite stuff to keep their teeth worn down, cables seem to be the favorite no matter what they taste of At work
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Boxbrownie wrote:
That’s odd, Ford had to put a “nasty taste” in the looms of vehicles years ago because in the Bavaria region in particular we were getting issues with Pine Martens chewing the new (soy) looms, so cannot understand why the manufacturer you saw could not do it also, it’s been known for a very long time now.



Very Happy That fetched back some memories, my better half used to work for huge medical company and her work colleague from down Essex way took his brand spanking new company BMW over there on a camping trip only for said Pine Martin to eat his wiring loom Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter



PS. Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter is because I didn't like him much, flash git Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter




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Thought that's why all cars had cats fitted now. Whistle Common sense isn't very common.
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My fl1 had two cats, they lived on the back of the engine somewhere and would jump out ever morning when I unlocked the door, on returning to the barn to park they would normally be waiting for their warm nest.
they never took to the ford ranger.. not enough of a sleeping ledge maybe? or ranger is diesel fl1 petrol At work
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