Making air con gheko resistant !

[chrisandsu]

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

[tonray]

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

[lonewolf99]

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.

[GavinK]

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.

[sipi]

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.

[TonyBB]

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.

Edited January 3, 2016 by TonyBB

[kannot]

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

Edited January 8, 2016 by kannot

[moench]

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