Rope Lights...really work for rodents?

The rope lights are probably mostly for the humans. (If you consider us a rodent or not is a matter of personal choice) It's nice to have some light outside at night so you don't stub your toe when you go to pee on a tree.

By the way this a joke,,, Kinda, so please lets not get all bent out of shape.

Elephant repellant and it works. I have not seen an elephant in the recent campgrounds we have visited.:W

I might add, all the rope lights are white. There are no red, blues or greens. One even runs underneath the hood of the car. I guess I could just ask a few of them. It could just be for light at night, it is extremely dark here at night and nobody it seems turns on the scare lights. Makes it nice, can see the stars and Milky Way, if the dang moon wasn't so bright! :)

A lot of new MHs had them, at a recent rally. Many of them changed colors. Must be a factory option. I have no experience suggesting they might keep rodents away. Might keep deer away but they can't crawl under MH's or can they. :)

rexlion wrote:


Next thing you know, they'll be telling us to put out strings of garlic to ward off zombies. :D

Zombies are after after ammo - stored with or without garlic.
(see "ammo container" thread)

However - food (no pun) for thought....
rope lights around ammo storage containers might keep rodents from chewing the ammo..:@

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Oh no, another excuse to use those *** rope lights in a campground. The past two weeks we spent in glorious darkness in northern WI at two different campgrounds.

I've read that a horsehair lariat will keep a snake from crossing into your territory, but that's the first time I ever heard of using rope lights for anything.

Next thing you know, they'll be telling us to put out strings of garlic to ward off zombies. :D

5 years of camping in AZ using rope lights and never had a rodent get into the trailer.

We had a rope light chewed up one night. Don't have a clue what did it but I was surprised it didn't trip the breaker.

It is most likely done just for aesthetics. I don't know about pack rats but, the raccoons in the parks around here are so used to people that the rope light is not going to scare them. I was setting around my campfire talking with some friends one night and heard a noise on the neighbors picnic table. When I looked over there with a flashlight I discover that they had left their food out and the raccoon was having a feast. He wasn't scared by our presence, talking noise, or having a flashlight on him. I doubt a rope light would scare him either.