Electrical Troubleshooting
Trench Lore: Rodent Chewed Wires
What is living in your crawlspace and eating your electrical system?
Straight from our trench lore, here's firsthand testimony of rodent damage. Mice and squirrels are drawn to the electromagnetic fields and the soy-based insulation of modern wiring. What starts as a minor flicker turns into an exposed copper fire hazard. Identifying this takes extreme material forensics during a crawlspace inspection.
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Published 2026-06-19