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  1. 22nd November 2014, 07:26 AM #1
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    Fried gecko

    I seem to be having a spate of geckos frying themselves inside expensive gear.
    First a UPS , now a photocopier.

    How to keep them out?
    Teflon tape around racks? And around points of entry
    WD40 as above, messy
    Fly wire on all holes, bit worried about heating, plus it would look ****
    Camphor balls inside device

    Ideas?
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  2. 22nd November 2014, 07:49 AM #2
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    I'd go with the moth balls, they convinced a possum that there were better places to stay than my roof.
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  3. 22nd November 2014, 07:52 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    I'd go with the moth balls, they convinced a possum that there were better places to stay than my roof.
    Geez mate, must have been a big moth?
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  4. 22nd November 2014, 08:03 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saitch View Post
    Geez mate, must have been a big moth?
    Onya Steve, I considered working that line into my response but, for once in my life decided to be serious.
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  5. 22nd November 2014, 08:24 AM #5
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    Works for us altho the craps are abit messy
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    My lounge a/c split system fell victim to one last year. Cooked the gecko on the circuit board when I tried to start it up. Unfortunately not covered by warranty or insurance so had to fork out for a complete new one . Fortunately the new one is "vermin proof" or so it says. So far so good.
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  7. 22nd November 2014, 08:24 PM #7
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    A bit of lanolin or fisholine brushed in the right spots seems to sort out the geckos.
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    So there I was sitting peacefully this morning enjoying a cuppa, reading the paper thinking........... "Well not much to do today for a change might head down the coast"..... phone rings, (should not have answered), younger brother tells me his bedroom split went pop last night, removed front cover and found BBQ'd Gecko.....(Yay).... so says he, just on my way to Good Guy's to get another split, what ya up to Kevy...........Yep should turn my phone off on weekends
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev the Fridgy View Post
    So there I was sitting peacefully this morning enjoying a cuppa, reading the paper thinking........... "Well not much to do today for a change might head down the coast"..... phone rings, (should not have answered), younger brother tells me his bedroom split went pop last night, removed front cover and found BBQ'd Gecko.....(Yay).... so says he, just on my way to Good Guy's to get another split, what ya up to Kevy...........Yep should turn my phone off on weekends
    Mine is off all weekend and after hours

    i use a paging service,so i can screen the calls.

    Although if it is friends or relies they know our home number and SWMBO's mobile number,but i am not always around....
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