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BobsYourUncle
Nomad
Jul 03, 2013

Stopping ants from entering via shore power cable?

Just got back from a 5 day extended long weekend trip. Everything was going great until I started finding ants inside my TT in various locations. I climbed onto the roof and found a pile of them th...
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mainetom
Explorer
Jul 03, 2013
3.0charlie wrote:
Vaseline on the cable itself?

That's what I've used for several years, after being given the idea here. Just get a daub of vaseline on your fingertip and smear a finger-wide band of it around the cord a short distance from where it passes inside. It wipes off easy with a rag when you're ready to put the cord away.

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