Small lizards keep crawling into the control-box of the electric gate of my
house. No problem until I open the gate, when they get fried by 220v and I
keep having to change the fuse. I've tried blocking entry to the control-box
but this is not easy. Anybody know of any good ways to deter them from
getting in in the first place? Are their products available?

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from "Ric" contains these words:

Small lizards keep crawling into the control-box of the electric gate of my
house. No problem until I open the gate, when they get fried by 220v and I
keep having to change the fuse. I've tried blocking entry to the control-box
but this is not easy. Anybody know of any good ways to deter them from
getting in in the first place? Are their products available?

Try tethering a bird of prey to the gate.

Janet.

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 22:35:15 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

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from "Ric" contains these words:

Small lizards keep crawling into the control-box of the electric gate of my
house. No problem until I open the gate, when they get fried by 220v and I
keep having to change the fuse. I've tried blocking entry to the control-box
but this is not easy. Anybody know of any good ways to deter them from
getting in in the first place? Are their products available?

Try tethering a bird of prey to the gate.

and let it feast on grilled lizard eggs.
--
Martin

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 18:04:07 +0200, "Ric" wrote:

Small lizards keep crawling into the control-box of the electric gate of my
house. No problem until I open the gate, when they get fried by 220v and I
keep having to change the fuse. I've tried blocking entry to the control-box
but this is not easy. Anybody know of any good ways to deter them from
getting in in the first place? Are their products available?

Not a clue, but you could try putting some of those lemon-scented
pellets available in garden centres and designed for deterring cats,
into the box. Might work.


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 18:04:07 +0200, Ric wrote:
Small lizards keep crawling into the control-box of the electric gate of my
house. No problem until I open the gate, when they get fried by 220v and I
keep having to change the fuse. I've tried blocking entry to the control-box
but this is not easy. Anybody know of any good ways to deter them from
getting in in the first place? Are their products available?

You need to block all the holes into the control box. You can get special
fittings to thread the cables through into the box - called glands - that
will block any holes between cable and box. If this box is outdoors, it
should be weather proof, and hence hole-free to prevent water ingress and
frying yourself on electricity.... Look at fitting a seal on the door of
the control box if it needs one.

HTH, Sarah

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 18:04:07 +0200, Ric wrote:
Small lizards keep crawling into the control-box of the electric gate of my
house. No problem until I open the gate, when they get fried by 220v and I
keep having to change the fuse. I've tried blocking entry to the control-box
but this is not easy. Anybody know of any good ways to deter them from
getting in in the first place? Are their products available?

You need to block all the holes into the control box. You can get special
fittings to thread the cables through into the box - called glands - that
will block any holes between cable and box. If this box is outdoors, it
should be weather proof, and hence hole-free to prevent water ingress and
frying yourself on electricity.... Look at fitting a seal on the door of
the control box if it needs one.

HTH, Sarah