Rats chewing through solar cables

[HAM135]

Seem to have a problem with vermin chewing through the cables on our ground mounted solar,some cables have wire exposed,is it safe for me to tape these up with insulating tape or is there a chance of electrocution?

Any ideas on how to stop this problem?

 

[Treemover]

Place sand over the cables; rats don't have eyelids or blink?

 

[Bones]

Rubber gloves , just to be on the safe side with the cables, rat bait box's for the rats ,keep toped up,

 

[Courier]

There will be little voltage flowing on a dark moonless night - --

 

[Nearly]

There will be little voltage flowing on a dark moonless night - --

Beat me to it. Tape them up at night.

 

[Courier]

Google

Scotch[emoji768] 1601 Clear & 1602 Red Insulating Spray

For spray on insulation [emoji6]

 

[akaPABLO01]

600V at up to 4amp. Certainly shock the hell out of you. Break the circuit at the DC isolation point or get a blanket and cover the end panel in the series.

You can also tape up the cable just hold an insulated part and wrap the tape. This will fail as soon as you have a damp/wet spell which will be every morning/evening and when it rains with "earth fault" and should lock out the inverter.

Quick fix is to chop the affected area and attach a pair of MC4 connectors - this should shore it up.

 

[Exfarmer]

My panel circuits are up to 800 volts, so take great care.
Remember they are DC which means, if you touch both sides your muscles go into spasm and you cannot release! Unlike Ac which tends to throw you away.
However saying that if you only touch one cable, you cannot get a shock no matter the voltage.
Using rubber gloves, just marigolds will give a high level of insulation if you are going to do it yourself.

 

[akaPABLO01]

What's a few volts between sunrise and sunset, it's the amps that do the doo o",)//

 

[HAM135]

Ordered some liquid insulation tape for the bits that have not been chewed to the wire,worse bits will get connectors fitted.

 

[Exfarmer]

What's a few volts between sunrise and sunset, it's the amps that do the doo o",)//

sorry to be pedantic , but amps on their own won't hurt you, just as hundreds of volts at milliamps will neither

 

[akaPABLO01]

sorry to be pedantic , but amps on their own won't hurt you, just as hundreds of volts at milliamps will neither

You can be all the pedantificationlism in the world, amps kill ya, volts merely raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Haven't you seen jaws in moonraker? Electrons and protons

 

[Doing it for the kids]

My panel circuits are up to 800 volts, so take great care.
Remember they are DC which means, if you touch both sides your muscles go into spasm and you cannot release! Unlike Ac which tends to throw you away.
However saying that if you only touch one cable, you cannot get a shock no matter the voltage.
Using rubber gloves, just marigolds will give a high level of insulation if you are going to do it yourself.

Please get a picture - man in marigolds by moon light

 

[Exfarmer]

You can be all the pedantificationlism in the world, amps kill ya, volts merely raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Haven't you seen jaws in moonraker? Electrons and protons

3 amps at 240 volts can kill you
100 amps at 12 volts will not even tickle you

 

[Doing it for the kids]

 

[Courier]

3 amps at 240 volts can kill you
100 amps at 12 volts will not even tickle you

Apparently 80volts can kill a person if applied in a certain manner - Told to me by a U.K. Electrician with Polish (Jewish) family with experience of Nazi Concentration Camps [emoji35]

 

[Exfarmer]

Apparently 80volts can kill a person if applied in a certain manner - Told to me by a U.K. Electrician with Polish (Jewish) family with experience of Nazi Concentration Camps [emoji35]

Certainly , some people are more susceptible , but the main danger is a current travelling across the body, ie from one hand to the other, as it is the heart at real danger.
I am no expert on electric shocks , and not too keen to learn by practical experience

 

[akaPABLO01]

Certainly , some people are more susceptible , but the main danger is a current travelling across the body, ie from one hand to the other, as it is the heart at real danger.
I am no expert on electric shocks , and not too keen to learn by practical experience

You've come this far, either pics or video evidence or your statement isn't true.

 

[Exfarmer]

You've come this far, either pics or video evidence or your statement isn't true.

I think there may be one or two on the forum may be deserving of a scientific demonstration such as John Wantling!

 

[akaPABLO01]

I think there may be one or two on the forum may be deserving of a scientific demonstration such as John Wantling!

John Wantling, the badger lover? He's probably inconvenienced holding a placard outside Downing Street calling for the head of trump.