Power cord replacement w/pics
Things are looking a bit better after my original post about mice chewing my power cord - this is only a part of the damage: I was having nightmares about the entire 110v system looking like ...
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:
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"Mouse proofing" is more than stuffing the hole with steel wool, checking for other holes, etc.
You need to try ALL the remedies on the various "anti-mouse" threads to deter the critters from entering.
IMO - you will *never* get all the entry points!
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Holy Cow - you are SOOOOO right!
Today's project was "looking at wires" with my handy-dandy lighted scope. I cut off the rest of the old power cord (some of it remains in a hopeless snarl - doesn't matter, I'm not using that storage compartment any more) But knowing that the streetside taillight wiring runs up from that area, I was looking carefully around the inside. The good news is that everything looks unchewed.
The bad news: at one point, I realized I was looking at a shop vac. "WHAAAAT???" It turns out, there is an opening to this compartment at the rear of the 5er, big enough for a muskrat to climb in. And the cord compartment has lots of holes - mice entering pretty much have free rein to wander anywhere between the floor and the bottom cover to the trailer :-(
I know this isn't a good picture, but I'm crouched at the rear streetside corner of the 5er (and part of the opening is blocked by the garage door) - but the opening is easily 6" x 6"
