I have a holiday home here in Thailand and not here full time . Every time I come back snakes and rats and geckos have made their way into my air con and blown the bloody thing ! This time the circuit board has fried and will cost 2800 Baht ! Does that sound right to you ? Well really my question is what do you do to protect your units when your away for periods of time ? Like an idiot I just realised when they were first fitted no one bothered to plug the gaps in the piping coming from outside the house ? i also turn the electric off by the kick switch but I have had visitors who have stayed turned on the aircon to be surprised by a bang ! So I guess preventative meseaures is needed ! Any ideas ? Thanks in advance

If you are sure nobody will be using it...just shroud in in heavy plastic tarp and seal with duct tape.

Get a couple of cans of expanding foam and fill any gaps with that.....make sure no one sees you as this could be construed as work in LoS...and you could be deported.

Plug the hole in the wall that the pipes connect to the unit to with foam, newspaper or similar. If its behind a pvc casing on the outside wall remove it to get to the hole.

As well as plugging holes; Don't mount the external compressor unit directly on the ground or raised using bricks or whatever. Mount it on the wall using the proper metal mounting brackets. I also learnt the hard way.

We cut small pieces of aluminum screen and put it over the exterior drip drains. Fasten with a tie wrap or wire/string. It keeps the little critters from coming in through there and up to your air con units.

As stated above always wall mount and high up out of the sun and always mesh over the drainpipe, brackets cost 150 baht

I am looking for damp proof membrane ,where to buy this material in Thailand? In Watsadu,Homemart and Homepro is this material not available, Please help