Mice rats and wiring

[firsttruck]

I’m curious about all these rodent problems. I live out in the rural area around Toronto and I don’t have any rodent issues. Do you guys live near a cheese factory or something or is it an American thing?

Seems to happen in Canada too.


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Eco-friendly vehicle wiring being nibbled by rodents
By Ross Mclaughlin and Sandra Hermiston CTV Vancouver, BC, CA
Published Monday, January 23, 2017
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/eco-friendly-vehicle-wiring-being-nibbled-by-rodents-1.3253266

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Squirrels damage driver's car for third time costing owner thousands in repairs
By Pat Foran, Consumer Alert Videojournalist, CTV News Toronto
@PatForanCTVNews Contact
Published Thursday, March 5, 2020
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/squirrel...-costing-owner-thousands-in-repairs-1.4841188

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Better hope your martens do not learn from the European ones.

Weasel damage is the fourth most frequent cause for non-collision auto insurance claims in Germany.

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‘They Go Absolutely Insane and Tear Everything Apart’: Weasels Love German Cars
Auto makers are building defenses against stone martens, a type of weasel that invades engines and eats the wiring .
By William Boston
Dec. 26, 2019
https://www.wsj.com/articles/they-g...ng-apart-weasels-love-german-cars-11577377251

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How Cute Ferret-Like Animals Cause Germany $65 Million In Car Damages Each Year
By David Tracy
10/21/16
https://jalopnik.com/how-cute-ferret-like-animals-cause-germany-65-million-1788013196

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[Klaxon]

Been looking for a free or feral super fluffy cat to replace the dead one. I've never paid for a pet but it seems Covid has put a premium on all the free cats.

It looks like we are pushing Tesla into cat manufacturing just to maintain the vertical integration

 

[MiguelAznar]

Could the new rigid wiring harnesses be designed to resist chewing? Insulation needs to be soft and pliable because human assemblers bend it around the vehicle. Rigid harnesses don’t require soft and pliable because robots don’t need or want to bend them. What rigid covering won’t rats or mice gnaw on?

https://electrek.co/2019/07/22/tesla-revolutionary-wiring-architecture-robots-model-y/

 

[Crissa]

Zero is using what they're calling 'the spider' which is a semi-rigid power distribution array, but they're having trouble getting it to remain waterproof. Pins are dropping the dielectric grease in assembly, so one tiny bit will fail necessitating replacement of the entire array.

What a pain.

Hopefully Tesla can avoid these sorts of teething problems.

-Crissa

 

[Dids]

 

[MiguelAznar]

Hopefully Tesla can avoid these sorts of teething problems.

? excellent double entendre!