What can be done to keep mice/rats from eating vehicle wiring?:MI've read thru searches for mice, rats, wiring harness, &c. Didn't find anything to help.Had to replace wiring harness in pickup back in February, big chunk of wiring eaten. Wrench recommended moth balls as a deterrent so put a pound in a nylon stocking in each vehicle engine compartment. Also kept baited traps in back seat of all but DW's car (Gkids), but never caught anything.Now it's happened again, this time my commuter car, even with the moth balls (had maybe a half pound left).

There are lots of preventative measures, most of which are ineffective. Like peppermint oil,mothballs, dryer sheets, a picture of Dick Cheney, etc. Mice like dark places. A light left on under the hood at night is a common, and effective, way to prevent pack rats from nesting and eating wires. Give it a try. A simple, low voltage light at the end of an extension cord will do. A friend direct wired an LED light to his battery. They draw almost no power and are quite bright. He said that did the trick.Good luck.Ed

Had the same problem with mice with my riding lawn mover, they kept building nests inside and chewing the air filter and other plactic stuff. Fresh cab and Critter Ridder works for short periods but puting D-Con where they can find it is the only good solution. The bigger problems are the squirrels that caused a $1000 damage to my truck. I have tried everything to keep them away with no success. Can't find poison any the Squirrels and chipmonks to eat.

rbtglove wrote:Had the same problem with mice with my riding lawn mover, they kept building nests inside and chewing the air filter and other plactic stuff. Fresh cab and Critter Ridder works for short periods but puting D-Con where they can find it is the only good solution. The bigger problems are the squirrels that caused a $1000 damage to my truck. I have tried everything to keep them away with no success. Can't find poison any the Squirrels and chipmonks to eat.as Joe Biden would say, "Buy a Shotgun."that will take care of your squirrels and chipmunks.

I bought this house on .6 acre in 2005. The back 1/2 of my lot includes a small creek and woods. Usually I've had 6-9 indoor/outdoor cats. Absolutely no mice, rats, moles, etc. Eating up anything on any of my RVs. Heck I've spilled my chicken feed on the garage floor before & it's still laying there undisturbed several weeks later!Now the possums come into the garage frequently to eat the cat food I leave out, but they don't nest in the RVs!

I read somewhere that someone installed white LED lights under the hood of his vehicles and swears it worked no more problems. Would not draw much current from the vehicle battery.

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kmbelt
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Aug 06, 2014
rbtglove wrote:
Had the same problem with mice with my riding lawn mover, they kept building nests inside and chewing the air filter and other plactic stuff. Fresh cab and Critter Ridder works for short periods but puting D-Con where they can find it is the only good solution. The bigger problems are the squirrels that caused a $1000 damage to my truck. I have tried everything to keep them away with no success. Can't find poison any the Squirrels and chipmonks to eat.

as Joe Biden would say, "Buy a Shotgun."

that will take care of your squirrels and chipmunks.
rbtglove
Explorer
Aug 06, 2014
Had the same problem with mice with my riding lawn mover, they kept building nests inside and chewing the air filter and other plactic stuff. Fresh cab and Critter Ridder works for short periods but puting D-Con where they can find it is the only good solution. The bigger problems are the squirrels that caused a $1000 damage to my truck. I have tried everything to keep them away with no success. Can't find poison any the Squirrels and chipmonks to eat.
ed6713
Explorer
Aug 06, 2014
There are lots of preventative measures, most of which are ineffective. Like peppermint oil,mothballs, dryer sheets, a picture of Dick Cheney, etc.

Mice like dark places. A light left on under the hood at night is a common, and effective, way to prevent pack rats from nesting and eating wires. Give it a try. A simple, low voltage light at the end of an extension cord will do. A friend direct wired an LED light to his battery. They draw almost no power and are quite bright. He said that did the trick.

Good luck.

Ed

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