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Thread Number: 58162
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Unused Dryers and Rodents |
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| Post# 806637 1/29/2015 at 19:35 (3,367 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
A probably vintage GE dryer is available for my use. It would probably be a step up from from what I've been using. But it was stored for a year, with vent unconnected in a location where there has been some history of issues with rodents. So...I'm wondering: is rodent invasion of a dryer an issue to be concerned about?
I have seen the dryer run, without any connection to the vent, and no mice flew out. Nor are there any other immediately obvious signs. But I know from bitter experience that rodents can get into weird places. | ||
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| Post# 806676 , Reply# 3 1/30/2015 at 05:21 (3,367 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 806677 , Reply# 4 1/30/2015 at 05:31 (3,367 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
They don't just hang out there, they nest and the artifacts of nesting should be visible upon inspection.
As TV repairman I went to a lady's house. She had no sound. Mice had eaten the entire speaker. A commercial airliner was crashed because muddauber wasps built a nest in the captain's pitot. Few limits to what vermin can do. | ||
Post# 806715 , Reply# 6 1/30/2015 at 09:29 (3,366 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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 AARGH! Don't get me going about mice in appliances... I think I'll have to seriously consider getting a 'patrol cat' in the next house if there is a storage outbuilding to keep the little devils out of the ranges and dryers. They love to eat insulation and my poor GE Washer-Dryer Combo had ALL of the wiring chewed by mice. The little buggers even ate the probe for the dry thermostat... | ||
| Post# 806777 , Reply# 7 1/30/2015 at 17:55 (3,366 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Thanks for the answers. I probably should see if I can get at least a quick peak inside at the wiring. Or else just assume the worst, and come up with a Plan B. (This is not a dryer for collecting. It's just for use.)
>AARGH! Don't get me going about mice in appliances... I think I'll have to seriously consider getting a 'patrol cat' in the next house if there is a storage outbuilding to keep the little devils out of the ranges and dryers. Don't get me started on mice in general, let alone appliances! I've had several battles... At one time, I heavily used XFCE software to provide the "desktop environment" on various Linux systems I've used. It was good in that it was fast on older hardware. Their emblem is what I assume is a mouse. At one time, I'd have said it was a good choice, actually--it represents the light and fast nature of XFCE, plus it could be more warm and fuzzy than what some other developers use. (One appearance of this rodent can be seen on the upper right part of this Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce...) But after an extended mouse battle, including a $500 car repair bill, I reached the point where I'd see the XFCE rodent appear, and I'd cringe. | ||
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