Steel wool stops mice from getting through holes. Don't use steel wool soap
pads. Mice and rats can chew through spray foam. Put some traps that are
made for outdoors near where they chewed. Probably wasn't a squirrel if it
was at ground level. They usually only try to get into a house up high.

"tenplay" wrote in message
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bonniejean wrote:
tenplay wrote:

After pressing the on/off switch, it worked fine. Could he have

been that dumb?


Yes.

Now I am wondering about the cable being chewed by a rat. We do live
in a semi-rural environment. But I've never seen a rat on our
property. What do I need to do to protect the cable from further
damage from rats?


If the varmint ate the cable somewhere inside the house, I'd figure out
how it got in and seal that hole. If it's outside, there's probably not
much you can do.

Bonnie

Actually the cable was eaten away right where it enters the bottom crawl
space. My wife said that the repairman advised her to coat the cable
with a mixture of steel wool and foam spray. Anyone heard of it? I
wonder if there is a product already available or if you have to make it
yourself. I do plan on sealing off the crawl space with wire mesh though.