Squirrel VS. wiring under deck

[AHI in AR]

Does anyone else wonder if the rodent inflicting this damage perished while doing so?

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[ghentjr]

I would hope so!

[Tom Raymond]

Kind of ineffective as a deterrent.

[John Kogel]

Kind of ineffective as a deterrent.

Agreed. Bare wires would get the job done and survive to shock again. Smear them with peanut butter. []

[hausdok]

My theory,

1. Rodent gnawed through the insulation.

2. The exposed copper wiring was touching the wood and reacted with the stuff used to treat the wood.

3. The corroded wiring melted under load and saw sparks.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[AHI in AR]

Just to be clear, there was a light fixture on the deck post to the right of the damaged area. Nobody set up wires to electrocute Sammy the squirrel. I cropped the pic so it would be easier to see the damage to the wire. This was about 10' above the ground so the pic wasn't perfectly clear. Notice the heavy damage to the adjacent wiring and the post. These guys had been, uhhh, flossing their teeth here for a long time.

[John Kogel]

Right, I was just carrying on the thought process of a rodent deterrent. Joke.

It does seem like an awful lot of heat was generated by that incident. Yes, I can picture a squirrel with his hair on fire up there. []