There are few car problems more irritating than rodent damage. The car worked yesterday. Today it has warning lights, won’t start, or is suddenly throwing strange electrical errors. Then the mechanic calls and says the problem is not the battery, not the alternator, not some mysterious computer failure. Something chewed the wires. Once that happens, the obvious question is how to stop it from happening again. That is where rodent deterrent tape comes in. Sometimes called capsaicin tape, anti-rodent tape, or spicy wiring tape, it is meant to make vulnerable wires less appealing to chew. It can help. But it More…