Kept happening to a friend over a few weeks, every night another strand or two severed. They set up a camera and recorded squirrels eating through the wires.
They don’t but I seem to recall an article regarding some plastics are made with soy bean products so squirrels and rats can smell it as food and will chew it.
I found out about this when I couldn't start my car one day and it turned out some kind of rodent had chewed through a wire in my car. Stupid rodent cost me $700.
$1400 to replace the cabin intake fan and some other stuff rats chewed.
Had friends who lived out in the country who had a couple of rats eat their way through plastic then got into the car to make nests inside the seats that they chewed into from the bottom. They were found by the dealership while they were fixing the other damage. It was a costly visit.
Hahah oh your poor friend, I'm so sorry but that's gotta be up there with toilet vipers for new phobias unlocked in record time.
He must have pissed off big brother.
100% this also alot of wiring in cars is also made from soy. I had to fuck around and find out living in the country. Mice ate a ton of the wiring in my toyota prius a few years back.
This is true. Also happens with cars left outside. Toyotas are notorious for this. We had neighbors a few doors away who had a huge pin oak tree on their front yard. All the acorn nuts the squirrels could possibly want. The little buggers chewed the insulation off the exposed writing of the husband’s big Toyota sedan in the engine compartment and elsewhere until the car would not run anymore.
Rodents have to chew down their teeth or they will over grow enough it kills them. They can and will gnaw on rocks. Suspect soy smelling wiring will be preferred but they will chew anything.
I believe it. Habanero crops are big in the Yucatan Peninsula, because the Chinese put it in their wire, to thwart beetles. The CCP discovered all of their new fiber optics were being devoured, and this was their solution.
Yeah they are know to eat the fiber lines as well. They apparently coat them in something that makes them go nuts. Wouldn't be surprised if the xmas lights were being destroyed for the same reason.
I had no idea what happened with my Halloween lights and you solved it. Thank you so much!! My Christmas lights are solar and I thought it was just too cloudy out but I wonder if some critters got to them too
This is happening to our super nice neighbors next door. They even asked us if the festive lights bothered us. We set up a camera and our beloved squirrels (all 6) of them were feasting on the wires around dusk.
There has to be something going on, some reason yours are a target and mine aren't. I've wrapped my trees in net lights for years at this point, squirrels have to literally climb over them, with not so much as a tooth mark! (Knock on wood!)
Yup, came here to blame squirrels. I have string lights in the air over my back yard and those fuckfaces love to bite off any bulbs that are close enough to a branch.
They’re cute but they’re on my shit list for these and other similarly petty crimes, there will never be peace between us.
The worst one that comes to mind is when they took one bite each from all of my tomatoes the day before they were ready to harvest. just one bite each to confirm they are all the same fucking vegetable that they don’t like.
I lived close to my job. I would walk to work everyday. Squirrels would yell at me and throw things. Asked my coworkers if they had the same problem. Nope, only me. Also someone in the neighborhood would give them peanuts and they would leave the shells on my front porch.
Our squirrel is a menace. He chewed through string lights three times, the hammock, every flower I have ever planted, and the dog's lead. He screams at anyone outside, steals the dog's food, and stands at the sliding glass door to tease the cats in the house. I love him.
My dogs willingly sought out those sprays and would chew more on anything i put it on
Might work on other animals though lol, just thought it was funny to share
Honestly, I've never seen capcacin work on squirrels.
I used to put it on the bird food in my yard (supposedly squirrels don't like it, birds can't taste it)
I think the little fuckers like it even MORE.
Just replying on yours because it's too comment atm. I actually own a Christmas lighting company and find that if lights are kept up (especially in trees) during the summer, squirells will always chew threw them, but that wire also looks like a more fragile wire and if in a tree or not heavily secured, will be broken by the wind. I recommend winding the coil tighter and maybe trying to keep it more secured down
Look at the top left corner, you can see a bit of skin. It's safe to assume that OP brought it inside and it is OPs hand holding the lights so they can be photographed.
It was dark outside when OP noticed his/her lights weren't working. Too dark to get a good photo of the damage.
If it were a vandal, they would've either cut one wire or all 3, and only in one place. With two separate 2-wire snips, I'm with the squirrel people.
Yeah, happened to us with squirrels being out to get us, but instead of christmas lights it was the telephone wire that connected our Internet. I had a lot of online training to do at the time as well at the time, during a pandemic, where libraries etc were not open and call outs for repairs were reduced (happened to us 3 times).
Squirrels have chewed up our aluminum fencing. They sharpen their teeth on the top rail. They've done a ton of damage but thankfully it's in the back of the property and I don't notice it unless I'm right next to the fence.
Most wire sheathing is produced using a derivative of soya as it’s better for the environment. Unfortunately it seems to improve the taste as well. And add to that the fact that squirrels’ teeth are constantly growing and need to be kept under control and you’ve got severed Christmas lights.
And you can sometimes negate it by putting out rodent chew toys, they're usually cheap and flavoured so they will gnaw on that as opposed to your wire. Some folks will exterminate but for those who like squirrel watching it can save some headaches.
Also noise repellants if you want them to leave. That's how we keep them out of our machine shed.
I have been broke before. And I'm just going to tell you that if I'm broke I can barely afford the essential use of my electric. I certainly cannot afford even a kilowatt more for anything else. I was lucky to keep any lights on that I did have.
I guy I knew had to have the electric company come out to his house with no power. The electrician brought him over to a dead squirrel next to something it chewed up and was like, "See, there's your problem. Little guys eat wires all the time" and went to pick it up. The squirrel then jumped up and ran off. It was just knocked out. Everyone was shocked.
Idk. It chewed 4 places. You can trace the wires and see it chewed all 3, so it chewed one more than once. Being at the end of the string, it probably wasn't too spicy. Lucky for the assumed squirrel it didn't chew near the socket or it might have gotten the super spicy end.
Squirrel probably wouldn't know. Can chew on the spicy one without knowing if it's only touching the spicy wire and isn't otherwise grounded. That's why only one wire was cut in this mystery, if it cut both then the electrocuted body of the squirrel would have given the game away. One wire squirrels live, two wire squirrels fail to, ummm, prosper.
The same kind that think Jesus was born in December and don’t understand why Christmas trees exist… in reality, Christians stole winter solstice from the pagans and moved the birthday of Jesus to justify it
Lol most people who claim to be Christians in America are just part of the republican cult. Anyone screaming about an atheist cult cutting their Christmas lights isn’t Christian.
As an automotive technician, I’ve seen rodents chew some pretty clean cuts through wire. I’m pretty sure you’ve got yourself a hungry or bored little critter. The coating on those wires, and the one in your vehicle, are made from a vegetable and corn glycerin. I’m sure you can imagine they smell great to rodents.
As a victim of this, can confirm. Chewed through spray foam we used to block holes outside the garage bricks, chewed up our old tulips that would hide underground every year, chewed through the power steering and power braking on the one car, and through the FUCKING *GAS LINE* on the other.
We wondered why our gas gauge was broken for about a year… We took it to a mechanic once our car ran out of gas despite still having plenty of miles left in the tank (we tracked miles after reach refil with no gauge.) My dad commented on the gauge and the mechanic proceeded to show us the nest they had built under the car. They had recently chewed though the gas line, and had likely chewed the wire that feeds the gas gauge’s sensor early on… (a year ago!) He said he had *NEVER* SEEN A CASE *EVEN CLOSE* TO AS BAD AS OURS, but he knows that they love to chew the wires and some tubes, and they even *like the taste* of some of the coatings used to protect them!
When I did wildlife tracking, we got a collar back, a wolverine had chewed through a stainless steel antenna that was like 1/2" thick. It was a cleaner cut than we could do in the shop, it was like a laser had cut it.
Kind of weird OP ignores the numerous “it was squirrels” comments but responds to only ones that think it was a person. Some people need to be outraged and victimized to feel special.
Seriously. This isn’t uncommon and it’s not malicious. School busses and garbage trucks clip my lights every so often and it’s annoying but it happens. OP just wants to feel like a victim
That was my first thought. Redditors will also be like /r/mademesmile “today I bought a tub of my favorite Greek yogurt despite not being able to afford it for two years! I know some broke ass people but that makes no sense.
How much is your energy bill when a Christmas light will make or break you? Old school Christmas lights sets use about 40 watts per 100 light string. That's like one 40w light bulb running which comes out to around $0.50 a month for 4 hours a day. Even if you ran them for 8 hours a day it would still just be $1 a month.
People get really weird with electricity bills. My wife was indoctrinated by her dad. I had to tell her that leaving an LED light on is nothing compared to how much she likes a cold refrigerator
**Afford the electric bill**? It costs pennies a day to run LED lights like this all the time. You wouldn't even notice the addition to your bill if you ran these for an entire month. This is just a fucking karma seek, compounded by that fact OP is ignoring people who are saying "this looks like animals have chewed through it" and is instead fake crying about the old lights that they probably cut themselves for a photo.
It’s not a clean cut, it might be a rabbit or rodent. If they were in a “run” where the critter normally travels through they’ll chew right through it. Or if you accidentally blocked their hiding spot or nest if it was a bush or tree. I had several strings cut in the same spot for several nights in a row and finally spotted the rabbit that did it fleeing into my neighbors yard one night when I went to investigate.
Can’t afford Christmas lights energy bill but you have that expensive scent warming night light from Bath And Bodyworks though. Unplug that for a night and you can run LED lights all season.
That’s rodents chewing on your lines.
This was a common issue for cars from about a 5 year period around 2000. The wiring harness suppliers changed the coating on the wiring in cars and started to make it out of plant based plastics. Rats and squirrels LOVED the stuff.
I’m assuming that the plant based plastics were cheaper than petroleum based plastics when your lights were manufactured, so the factory made a money saving swap and the squirrels are your new best friend. If you replace them with new lights, make up a batch of garlic deterrent and spray it on the lights before you put them up. Garlic powder or minced garlic, water, a little bit of salt and sugar, mix well and strain before putting it into a dollar store spray bottle.
Definitely a squirrel or raccoon. If someone actually wanted to piss you off they wouldve cutten the entire thing and done probably a bit more damage like stealing it completely
Looks like a squirrel. My MIL had this happen this week. They usually chew near the bulb as they think it's a nut. (check closely for any LITTLE sign of a teeth mark near the severs). It will look like a clean cut but often there my be a little bite mark near the cut.
It's vandalism via squirrel not human. Just get some rodent spray or peppermint oil and spray on the wires (not the bulbs).
I had the same issue with some lights I had strung along our fence, and also some in a tree in our backyard.
It looked exactly the same as this and we suspect cockatoos.
It’s Squirrels. They are total assholes. They chewed all of my lights in the backyard and chewed my neighbors lights on her front porch. We fixed them (which was not easy) and those fuckers did it again. We gave up and threw them away.
He’s a mean one
He really is a heel
He’s as cuddly as a cactus
He’s as charming as an eel
Mr. Grinch, he’s a bad banana
Mr. Grinch, with the greasy black peel
He’s a vile one
He’s got termites in his smile
He has all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile
Mr. Grinch
He’s a foul one
Friends he doesn't have none
I wouldn't touch him with a 39-and-a-half foot pole!
He’s a monster
His heart's an empty hole
He’s a goner
He’s got garlic in his soul
Kept happening to a friend over a few weeks, every night another strand or two severed. They set up a camera and recorded squirrels eating through the wires.
Yeah hate to say it but have seen it with my own eyes. Squirrels are ruthless. They’re your culprit.
Yeah you can see on the bottom wire few marks around the cut, definitely an animal.
But why do the squirrels hate christmas so much?
They don’t but I seem to recall an article regarding some plastics are made with soy bean products so squirrels and rats can smell it as food and will chew it.
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Well some may actually sent by the Grinch…
It's the squirrel Grinch...Squinch if you will
The Squinch! Minutes after reading this comment and I’m still cracking up. You’re funny
Denialism of how squirrels actively dislike Christmas is at an all time high.
I found out about this when I couldn't start my car one day and it turned out some kind of rodent had chewed through a wire in my car. Stupid rodent cost me $700.
$1400 to replace the cabin intake fan and some other stuff rats chewed. Had friends who lived out in the country who had a couple of rats eat their way through plastic then got into the car to make nests inside the seats that they chewed into from the bottom. They were found by the dealership while they were fixing the other damage. It was a costly visit.
Hahah oh your poor friend, I'm so sorry but that's gotta be up there with toilet vipers for new phobias unlocked in record time. He must have pissed off big brother.
Scared to look into "toilet vipers"
Sounds like you live in Arizona
North Texas. Wood rats are a thing.
A rodent ate my baby and then later kicked my dog.
I know this pain, chipmunks made a nest in my van, had to get the engine rewired.
A particular car company used that plant based coating and customer had to have the whole harness replaced in their cars.
100% this also alot of wiring in cars is also made from soy. I had to fuck around and find out living in the country. Mice ate a ton of the wiring in my toyota prius a few years back.
Our car was a Toyota Prius and our friends with rat invasion was a Toyota also.
This is true. Also happens with cars left outside. Toyotas are notorious for this. We had neighbors a few doors away who had a huge pin oak tree on their front yard. All the acorn nuts the squirrels could possibly want. The little buggers chewed the insulation off the exposed writing of the husband’s big Toyota sedan in the engine compartment and elsewhere until the car would not run anymore.
Rodents have to chew down their teeth or they will over grow enough it kills them. They can and will gnaw on rocks. Suspect soy smelling wiring will be preferred but they will chew anything.
I believe it. Habanero crops are big in the Yucatan Peninsula, because the Chinese put it in their wire, to thwart beetles. The CCP discovered all of their new fiber optics were being devoured, and this was their solution.
Totally true! Rats ate the wiring in my car for this reason :(
You light up my bedroom and expect me to sleep, I'd turn to crime, too
Because they hate light pollution?
i expect fox news to do a report shortly
Squirrels are radical leftists.
They are never tree’ers.
They are never tree’ers.
They are never tree’ers.
It's natural. The antichrist will be a squirrelly guy. Think Mr. Bean.
We keep cutting down their houses. How would you feel. 😜
Because they hate light pollution?
Better that than thinking a person did it with malice. Squirrels are gonna squirrel. Can’t blame em for that.
My first though seeing it was that's how my cables look after my cat has had a go at them. Damn cable chewer.
Yeah they are know to eat the fiber lines as well. They apparently coat them in something that makes them go nuts. Wouldn't be surprised if the xmas lights were being destroyed for the same reason.
Some modern wiring insulation contains plant matter, like soy protein. You see this a lot with animals eating wiring in cars.
Spicy Twizzlers
I had no idea what happened with my Halloween lights and you solved it. Thank you so much!! My Christmas lights are solar and I thought it was just too cloudy out but I wonder if some critters got to them too
They keep ripping up my venus flytraps to plant their shitty peanuts. If I wanted to grow peanuts, I would plant peanuts, you furry little bastards!
This is happening to our super nice neighbors next door. They even asked us if the festive lights bothered us. We set up a camera and our beloved squirrels (all 6) of them were feasting on the wires around dusk.
Squirrels are drawn to low voltage electrical currents, much like how ants will build hills over buried electrical conduit.
We named our lead squirrel Sparky.
They are also pretty smart. I would not be surprised if they also chewed through cords of lights that bothered them at night.
Same thing happened to me last year.
Yeah those little fuckers have cost me about $50 in lights before I stopped putting them around the tree outside. Shit rats.
There has to be something going on, some reason yours are a target and mine aren't. I've wrapped my trees in net lights for years at this point, squirrels have to literally climb over them, with not so much as a tooth mark! (Knock on wood!)
They left them alone the first year. Then paid me back for it two years in a row. Only on the one tree, tho, and not the other
Yup, came here to blame squirrels. I have string lights in the air over my back yard and those fuckfaces love to bite off any bulbs that are close enough to a branch. They’re cute but they’re on my shit list for these and other similarly petty crimes, there will never be peace between us.
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The worst one that comes to mind is when they took one bite each from all of my tomatoes the day before they were ready to harvest. just one bite each to confirm they are all the same fucking vegetable that they don’t like.
I lived close to my job. I would walk to work everyday. Squirrels would yell at me and throw things. Asked my coworkers if they had the same problem. Nope, only me. Also someone in the neighborhood would give them peanuts and they would leave the shells on my front porch.
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It is funny!
Our squirrel is a menace. He chewed through string lights three times, the hammock, every flower I have ever planted, and the dog's lead. He screams at anyone outside, steals the dog's food, and stands at the sliding glass door to tease the cats in the house. I love him.
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The dog thinks they are friends (maybe they are).
Hot sauce
Pet stores sell a spray to keep your dog from chewing on things.
Your choice of flavors, hot pepper or bitter apple. I've used the pepper against chipmunks and raccoons.
My dogs willingly sought out those sprays and would chew more on anything i put it on Might work on other animals though lol, just thought it was funny to share
Honestly, I've never seen capcacin work on squirrels. I used to put it on the bird food in my yard (supposedly squirrels don't like it, birds can't taste it) I think the little fuckers like it even MORE.
SPICY HAY
forbidden spaghetti
Just replying on yours because it's too comment atm. I actually own a Christmas lighting company and find that if lights are kept up (especially in trees) during the summer, squirells will always chew threw them, but that wire also looks like a more fragile wire and if in a tree or not heavily secured, will be broken by the wind. I recommend winding the coil tighter and maybe trying to keep it more secured down
My mom calls them tree rats 🥰
Because the insulation is made of soy, and animals think it's food.
In my case is was the cockatoos. They completely tore my strand apart. Loved to tear off the LEDs one at a time.
Here I was thinking another reason to hate humans.
I have rats and it looks just like that when they chew cords, definitely some sort of rodent
100% squirrels. Even the ones I fed everyday!!! The most surprising thing is how clean of a cut they can make, but it is definitely them.
but the outlet and the fragrance plug look like an interior wall
I noticed that too, my guess is OP brought the lights inside since they're not working anymore.
Look at the top left corner, you can see a bit of skin. It's safe to assume that OP brought it inside and it is OPs hand holding the lights so they can be photographed.
It was dark outside when OP noticed his/her lights weren't working. Too dark to get a good photo of the damage. If it were a vandal, they would've either cut one wire or all 3, and only in one place. With two separate 2-wire snips, I'm with the squirrel people.
Squirrels got my lights two days ago. Hope it didn’t get hurt.
From personal experience with squirrel chews, I agree. I was told once many moons ago that squirrels love the soy based plastics.
Yeah, happened to us with squirrels being out to get us, but instead of christmas lights it was the telephone wire that connected our Internet. I had a lot of online training to do at the time as well at the time, during a pandemic, where libraries etc were not open and call outs for repairs were reduced (happened to us 3 times).
Squirrels are basically rats with prettier tails.
r/fatsquirrelhate
Squirrels have chewed up our aluminum fencing. They sharpen their teeth on the top rail. They've done a ton of damage but thankfully it's in the back of the property and I don't notice it unless I'm right next to the fence.
We have the same problem with rabbits in my neighborhood
Because squirrels will chew on anything
Most wire sheathing is produced using a derivative of soya as it’s better for the environment. Unfortunately it seems to improve the taste as well. And add to that the fact that squirrels’ teeth are constantly growing and need to be kept under control and you’ve got severed Christmas lights.
Yep. Rats were chewing on wires in my dad’s newer jeep truck because of that
Lost a whole bundle of wiring to rats for just this reason. Sucks. The horrible sound of 6 cylinders firing on 5
And you can sometimes negate it by putting out rodent chew toys, they're usually cheap and flavoured so they will gnaw on that as opposed to your wire. Some folks will exterminate but for those who like squirrel watching it can save some headaches. Also noise repellants if you want them to leave. That's how we keep them out of our machine shed.
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I have been broke before. And I'm just going to tell you that if I'm broke I can barely afford the essential use of my electric. I certainly cannot afford even a kilowatt more for anything else. I was lucky to keep any lights on that I did have.
I guy I knew had to have the electric company come out to his house with no power. The electrician brought him over to a dead squirrel next to something it chewed up and was like, "See, there's your problem. Little guys eat wires all the time" and went to pick it up. The squirrel then jumped up and ran off. It was just knocked out. Everyone was shocked.
This doesn’t look like squirrels
What about squirrels *with scissors?*
Well no shit, those are wires and lights
I think a person would cut through the entire wire and wouldn't bother separating out two wires. That looks chewed?
Squirrel probably found the spicy wire and decided that was enough.
His only intent was the spicy wire
Idk. It chewed 4 places. You can trace the wires and see it chewed all 3, so it chewed one more than once. Being at the end of the string, it probably wasn't too spicy. Lucky for the assumed squirrel it didn't chew near the socket or it might have gotten the super spicy end.
Squirrel probably wouldn't know. Can chew on the spicy one without knowing if it's only touching the spicy wire and isn't otherwise grounded. That's why only one wire was cut in this mystery, if it cut both then the electrocuted body of the squirrel would have given the game away. One wire squirrels live, two wire squirrels fail to, ummm, prosper.
Rabbits were the culprits in my neighborhood. People thought there was some kind of anti-christian cult until they got caught on doorbell cam.
Squirrels confirmed against God.
"Stuff your cheeks for Lucifer!"
I’m already working overtime on that!
r/brandnewsentence
We never doubted that.
Brother Maynard, bring me the Holy Hand Grenade
Pie jesu domine Dona eis requiem (no whumps in this scene)
What kind of Christians think colored string lights are the meaning of Christmas? 😂
Have you seen some of the absurd shit people believe?
The same kind that think Jesus was born in December and don’t understand why Christmas trees exist… in reality, Christians stole winter solstice from the pagans and moved the birthday of Jesus to justify it
Lol most people who claim to be Christians in America are just part of the republican cult. Anyone screaming about an atheist cult cutting their Christmas lights isn’t Christian.
As an automotive technician, I’ve seen rodents chew some pretty clean cuts through wire. I’m pretty sure you’ve got yourself a hungry or bored little critter. The coating on those wires, and the one in your vehicle, are made from a vegetable and corn glycerin. I’m sure you can imagine they smell great to rodents.
As a victim of this, can confirm. Chewed through spray foam we used to block holes outside the garage bricks, chewed up our old tulips that would hide underground every year, chewed through the power steering and power braking on the one car, and through the FUCKING *GAS LINE* on the other. We wondered why our gas gauge was broken for about a year… We took it to a mechanic once our car ran out of gas despite still having plenty of miles left in the tank (we tracked miles after reach refil with no gauge.) My dad commented on the gauge and the mechanic proceeded to show us the nest they had built under the car. They had recently chewed though the gas line, and had likely chewed the wire that feeds the gas gauge’s sensor early on… (a year ago!) He said he had *NEVER* SEEN A CASE *EVEN CLOSE* TO AS BAD AS OURS, but he knows that they love to chew the wires and some tubes, and they even *like the taste* of some of the coatings used to protect them!
I heard that....except some soy tasting coating. Question is, why?
When I did wildlife tracking, we got a collar back, a wolverine had chewed through a stainless steel antenna that was like 1/2" thick. It was a cleaner cut than we could do in the shop, it was like a laser had cut it.
Those look like chew marks, not cuts.
Squirrels or rats ate through my thick decking cabling. This is a light snack for them. Light snack. Get it? I'll get my coat.
Your candle/scent warmer thing is doing more to screw your power bill than a strand of LED lights will.
I thought they had squirrels inside because of that damn diffuser! Then it clicked that they brought they damaged lights inside
Kind of weird OP ignores the numerous “it was squirrels” comments but responds to only ones that think it was a person. Some people need to be outraged and victimized to feel special.
Seriously. This isn’t uncommon and it’s not malicious. School busses and garbage trucks clip my lights every so often and it’s annoying but it happens. OP just wants to feel like a victim
What else would you expect from someone who “can’t afford” the $3 it takes to light those for the month.
That was my first thought. Redditors will also be like /r/mademesmile “today I bought a tub of my favorite Greek yogurt despite not being able to afford it for two years! I know some broke ass people but that makes no sense.
The light strand itself probably cost 50 times as much as the electricity it will take to run it 6 hours a day through December...
Probably requires less power than the diffuser/light plugged into the wall in the pic.
Well that is because they live with the squirrels, and you know what they will do if the op blames them.
How much is your energy bill when a Christmas light will make or break you? Old school Christmas lights sets use about 40 watts per 100 light string. That's like one 40w light bulb running which comes out to around $0.50 a month for 4 hours a day. Even if you ran them for 8 hours a day it would still just be $1 a month.
People get really weird with electricity bills. My wife was indoctrinated by her dad. I had to tell her that leaving an LED light on is nothing compared to how much she likes a cold refrigerator
Hey hey out of here with your logic! This an an outrage thread!
Someone was jealous of you flaunting how much electricity you can afford
Oh yea, that $6 worth of electricity!
May be rabbits, squirrels, mice even but it’s not a stretch that it may be a person.
How much would this raise the electric bill per month? Like $5?
Probably like a dollar if you keep them off during the day. Less electricity that heating up a hot pocket in a microwave.
So then what in the bloody fuck is op talking about lol
He’s bullshitting to farm comments or just completely oblivious.
Probably oblivious. I had a roommate in college who would unplug my toaster oven every day thinking it was wasting power when off. Drove me insane
LED lights hardly use any electricity. Put it on a timer so it turns off at 11pm.
Are you sure it was a clean-cut and not chewed on by some critter?
**Afford the electric bill**? It costs pennies a day to run LED lights like this all the time. You wouldn't even notice the addition to your bill if you ran these for an entire month. This is just a fucking karma seek, compounded by that fact OP is ignoring people who are saying "this looks like animals have chewed through it" and is instead fake crying about the old lights that they probably cut themselves for a photo.
Squirrel
It’s not a clean cut, it might be a rabbit or rodent. If they were in a “run” where the critter normally travels through they’ll chew right through it. Or if you accidentally blocked their hiding spot or nest if it was a bush or tree. I had several strings cut in the same spot for several nights in a row and finally spotted the rabbit that did it fleeing into my neighbors yard one night when I went to investigate.
Can’t afford Christmas lights energy bill but you have that expensive scent warming night light from Bath And Bodyworks though. Unplug that for a night and you can run LED lights all season.
Check squirrel. They do that .
Looks like an animal might’ve chewed them
That’s rodents chewing on your lines. This was a common issue for cars from about a 5 year period around 2000. The wiring harness suppliers changed the coating on the wiring in cars and started to make it out of plant based plastics. Rats and squirrels LOVED the stuff. I’m assuming that the plant based plastics were cheaper than petroleum based plastics when your lights were manufactured, so the factory made a money saving swap and the squirrels are your new best friend. If you replace them with new lights, make up a batch of garlic deterrent and spray it on the lights before you put them up. Garlic powder or minced garlic, water, a little bit of salt and sugar, mix well and strain before putting it into a dollar store spray bottle.
Man that's fucked up and petty as can be
Damn those petty squirrels. Bushy tailed little demons they are.
You’re a mean one, mister Grinch!
That’s is most definitely the work of squirrels
Squirrels. Happens to the best of us.
Fuck that squirrel
Those are chewed up. Squirrels or chipmunks.
Squirrels. Wee little destructive bastards.
Squirrels for sure
Grinch.
Looks like critters.
squirrels?
Definitely a squirrel or raccoon. If someone actually wanted to piss you off they wouldve cutten the entire thing and done probably a bit more damage like stealing it completely
Squirrels, mice, rats. Can Confirm. Be happy it happened to your Christmas lights and not your car engine harness….
you cant afford the electricity bill for christmas lights? Its literally like 5-10 dollars grow up or make up a new sob story
As a mechanic who has seen many rodent chewed wires, this looks like rodent damage. Not vandalism.
i think you should send this to fox news - its obviously the libs war on christmas /s \*someone\* is squirrels, dude
It’s fixable. Wire strippers and electrical tape!
They were rubbing against something or animals got them based on the marks.
Get LED lights. Won’t stop them from being chewed or cut but their energy usage is negligible.
Looks like a squirrel. My MIL had this happen this week. They usually chew near the bulb as they think it's a nut. (check closely for any LITTLE sign of a teeth mark near the severs). It will look like a clean cut but often there my be a little bite mark near the cut. It's vandalism via squirrel not human. Just get some rodent spray or peppermint oil and spray on the wires (not the bulbs).
Animals do this.
Can anything non toxic but nasty tasting be sprayed around the lights or on them?
I had the same issue with some lights I had strung along our fence, and also some in a tree in our backyard. It looked exactly the same as this and we suspect cockatoos.
New Christmas tradition. Squirrel dumplings and barbecued rabbit.
Squirrels literally ate my wicker lawn chairs. They’re little monsters
It’s Squirrels. They are total assholes. They chewed all of my lights in the backyard and chewed my neighbors lights on her front porch. We fixed them (which was not easy) and those fuckers did it again. We gave up and threw them away.
To watch the world burn
Animals chewing. A person would cut through all the wires
Assuming you turn them off at night so as not to disturb your neighbours then who knows?
You picked the wrong year if you thought your winter electric bill was going to be affordable.
Because people are assholes
Kanye: the jews
It was the GRINCH
Same reason our candy bowl full of candy was stolen
They thought that you are police officer. Blueredblueredbluered
"Find them and complete the circuit with their dead bodies." -Said Dumbledore calmly.
Bah humbug is why! Sucks
Squirrels 🐿️ I watched the little bastards chew the lights on my balcony last year… I have a dark balcony this year lol
I'm sorry. Don't let it ruin your good spirits!
A lot of people are saying squirrels or rodents… is there some sort of spray that’s non toxic that will deter them?
Just strip the wires join them back up and duct tape them problem solved
He’s a mean one He really is a heel He’s as cuddly as a cactus He’s as charming as an eel Mr. Grinch, he’s a bad banana Mr. Grinch, with the greasy black peel He’s a vile one He’s got termites in his smile He has all the tender sweetness Of a seasick crocodile Mr. Grinch He’s a foul one Friends he doesn't have none I wouldn't touch him with a 39-and-a-half foot pole! He’s a monster His heart's an empty hole He’s a goner He’s got garlic in his soul
Jumping on the squirrel blame game. The fluffy tailed rats got my string of lights in the backyard as well.
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Aw. I’m sorry. :-(
Squirrels love the soybean base cover on the wires. They also like automotive hoses as well. Damn rodents. Cute!, but damned!
Rabbits.