I wear tactical gloves during set-up for a variety of reasons. Today, I forgot and of course I opened the power pedestal and wasps descended on my hand and stung me. One of many reasons to wear gloves. I also keep a can of wasp spray in the power cord compartment which I quickly used to dispatch the swarm.
Wear gloves...keep wasp spray handy.
RonC said
04:46 PM Oct 18, 2017
I also wear gloves, but never had an encounter with wasps ... yet. It is a good practice and I also wear those gloves when refueling as diesel pumps are often pretty funky. Good tip on the wasp spray.
kb0zke said
06:07 PM Oct 18, 2017
I have a pair of gloves that sit next to the driver's seat. I put them on for hooking/unhooking the toad, fueling, and connecting/disconnecting the electric cord. I use disposable gloves for dumping the tanks.
I've never run into wasps in the electrical pedestal, since those generally get disturbed too much for wasps. Guess if a particular site hasn't been used in a while they could build a nest.
Hdrider said
07:49 PM Oct 18, 2017
Yup, I keep wasp spray by our power cord as well, only had to use it once.
bjoyce said
06:45 AM Oct 19, 2017
Only encountered wasps once in a power pedestal, at a casino campground in Joliet IL. We changed sites and maintenance came out and killed the Yellowjacket nest. I use disposable gloves for dumping, using surgical gloves from Costco.
I wear tactical gloves during set-up for a variety of reasons. Today, I forgot and of course I opened the power pedestal and wasps descended on my hand and stung me. One of many reasons to wear gloves. I also keep a can of wasp spray in the power cord compartment which I quickly used to dispatch the swarm.
Wear gloves...keep wasp spray handy.
I've never run into wasps in the electrical pedestal, since those generally get disturbed too much for wasps. Guess if a particular site hasn't been used in a while they could build a nest.