Winter Hybernation

Just like many of us, some of our pesky animal friends are also looking for somewhere snug and warm to hide out and nest for the cooler months.

Preventing pests from damaging your electrical equipment is not something we often think about. And more often than not, we get away without damage, year after year.

BUT, we still want to highlight to you some things that you might not have thought about.

Once scenario is, as costs of materials increases, you may be tempted to take short cuts; or you may find that one sparky's quote is particularly cheaper than another.  Please make sure you include items like conduit (to protect your wiring if it is going underground. for example).

Another scenario - a new build that is not a lock up or still has small openings for plumbing or similar. Mice are very agile climbers and are happy to sneak through the smallest gap, right into your build site with all its lovely exposed cables. So think about putting a couple of traps or poison stations down.

And those hard working ants who seem to forage their way into electrical housing. It's worth thinking about not using insect spray to spray power points as the spray is wet! Instead spray around the socket, or even safter, spray along their path - or put down bait (keeping in mind the safety of other animals and kiddies in the house).


DID YOU KNOW?
Another common problem with ants in electrical units happens when ants become exposed to an open switching mechanism and get shocked. When shocked, the ants begin a behavior of waving their abdomen (called gaster flagging), which releases pheromones to attract more worker ants to come to their rescue. The problem is that when arriving ants come into contact with shocked ants, they get shocked too