[VAL] Re: VAL Digest V1 #163 - Rodent ravaged wire

[waymark1@xxxxxxxx]

Mouse-chewed wire won't usually catch fire. Rarely the mouse/rat/squirrel
(BIG hole somewhere!) will be electrocuted and its hair set on fire
without blowing the breaker.
Only if the bare wires touch one another, or touch the metal of the
trailer, will there be a short circuit, which might start a fire but
usually will blow the fuse/circuit breaker. That's what fuses and CBs are
for.
After making certain power is off (unplug the trailer cord), wrap each
bare wire with electrical tape to the thickness of the original
insulation. Then wrap the entire cable with electrical tape or cloth
electrician's tape.