Vermin ! [RE-wrenches]

[bob ollerton]

Note:  Free supply of cat smell nuggets.  Send sealable jar, packing and
postage to me for rapid return of said nuggets.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Davidson" <joeldavidson at earthlink.net>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Vermin ! [RE-wrenches]


> Matt, Please don't kill the kitty! Mice, rats, squirrels, civets, skunks,
cats,
> other furry critters and birds and opossums and reptiles and amphibians
and
> insects and arthropods and arachnids and just about every living thing
likes to
> nest in PV system equipment. PV is good for living things. It is hard to
keep
> critters out. I inspect equipment at least twice a year. Tip: rodents do
not
> like to nest in places that smell from cats.
>
> matthew tritt wrote:
>
> > Joel,
> >
> > Holy Hanta Virus! No "blood or guts" eh? I wonder about that wonderful
> > scorched hair smell. What if your favorite kitty krawls in there?!
> >
> > Has anyone else had mice make nests on top of battery banks? This seems
to
> > be a pretty popular activity with many area rodents. I've also had them
> > actually get inside the cooling slots in Onan  and other generators and
> > chew-up output wires from the windings! I had a call recently where one
got
> > in and made a swell nest inside the remote start relay box with wire
> > insulation stripped from the generator sound pads. They took a leak in
their
> > bitchin little pad which shorted out the remote! I now suggest covering
all
> > possible ingress/egress with hardware cloth (or concertina wire).
> >
> > Matt
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joel Davidson" <joeldavidson at earthlink.net>
> > To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 8:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: Vermin ! [RE-wrenches]
> >
> > > Nick, Timely rat karma. Today your email arrived and so did an email
from
> > one
> > > of our customer who uses http://www.ratzapper.com/ I'm not familiar
with
> > this
> > > device, but our customer's photos look pretty convincing.
> > >
> > > Nick Houser wrote:
> > >
> > > > Journal entry, September 3rd.  9:00 AM  Service call to troubleshoot
> > > > non-working remote DVM to C-40.  Wiring problem: rat chewed
through..
> > Since
> > > > I can't now use the old cable to pull the new one, have to go into
tight
> > > > crawlspace.  Fished new wire through, killed rat with lineman's
> > > > pliers------Billing note: one hour carpentry, one hour rat-killing.
How
> > > > much for bad rat karma?. Ugh----------this job sometimes.  Hope all
you
> > > > sensitive wrenches (pliers) out there had a better day than I did!
> > Struggle
> > > > on. Nick Houser--Off Grid Power. P.S Pagan , it was your old rat
shack!
> > > >
> > >
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