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Heads up - GreenGo Feeders

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Thaddeus Beauregard
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Just wanted to pass on a recent discovery and a solution to a potential problem with the GreenGo feeder that owners might want to be aware of.

Of the 6 GreenGo feeders on my hunting lease, we found that on 3 of them, mice had crawled into the small opening between the motor and motor wiring housing and chewed through the wires powering the motor. After repairing the wires multiple times, we discovered an excellent and inexpensive solution. Just buy some of those stainless steel dish scouring pads and compress it directly under the motor when reinstalling the housing. It's a perfect fit, forming a barrier that mice can't defeat. I thought as often as this has happened to us, surely it's happened to others as well, so hopefully someone will find this a useful tip.


ttha_aggie_09
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AG
I've never heard of these feeders but rodents jacking up wires is no new problem… those things can do some damage.

However, this is a very bold statement:

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forming a barrier that mice can't defeat


alvtimes
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no problems on GreenGos yet….. but thanks for heads up….. if this ever becomes an issue….I will have a plan!
Thaddeus Beauregard
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I love everything about these GreenGo feeders otherwise.

These stainless steel scrubbing pads form a very tight compression sandwiched between the housing and bottom of the motor. I talked with the guy who builds them this morning, and he said he's had a few customers who had mice get in there. He said the tab on that opening needs to be bent to enclose it, but I don't think that closes the gap well enough to prevent mice from squeezing in there. A squirt of Great Stuff foam in there might work too, but not sure if mice might chew through the foam.
ag0207
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Let's talk about the real problem here, mice and rats are arseholes!
Thaddeus Beauregard
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ag0207 said:

Let's talk about the real problem here, mice and rats are arseholes!


They are rather inconsiderate aren't they?
ag0207
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Let's not eat all the corn on the ground. Let's crawl up in this little hole in the feeder and munch on the wires. Totally a move a tsip or tech tard would make.
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