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Pauluk wrote:


I've seen extension cords - 18-AWG zip cord home made ones held together with MASKING tape (the paper stuff).

The one I saw was used in a small iron-works shop (place that makes windows, doors and window-grates) as a general purpose thing to run the grinder machine and sometimes the spray-paint compressor.

The male and female add-on rubber cord-caps were also quite worn out and crumbly.

Ahhh Ranger! I know exactly what you're talking about! They're supposedly for things like the "behind the bed" outlet, You plug that thing in & take an end to each side of the bed for a lamp & alarm clock, etc... Except when I seem to find em in use, there's a 1500 watt space heater stuck in there also! People seem amazed when I pull the male end of the Y cord from the wall, the rubber around the prongs is mushroomed from heat!

I think I've seen everything short of actual bubblegum wrapped around a splice at one time or another... Saran wrap, scotch tape, blue masking tape, band-aids, rubber cement dipped ..... I went to a home once where the insulation was worn off the wires feeding power to the garage from the house.. The HO tore up an old tshirt & taped it over one of the wires so the wind wouldn't keep blowing em together & tripping his breaker!

-Randy

Hmm...
Instant fabric insulation, Randy!.

Why limit yourself to one roll/color at a time? http://thetapeworks.com/398.htm http://thetapeworks.com/progaff.htm
{Cheaper by the dozen…}

Mmm, I must say I like the Burgundy there Bjarney!,
If a roll of toilet tissue can have stars and fishes on it, why does duct tape not have this?.
I once saw a guy that tried to repair a pole that had split on his property with Duct tape.
Most impressive, a big silver pole, the 70's glitter bands would be proud!.

Somebody should have told this "office electrician" (the old tenant) that the wirenuts should be twisted before applying the tape. The wires were just stuck into them (but the tape held like a biting pitbull).

[QUOTE]Somebody should have told this "office electrician" (the old tenant) that the wirenuts should be twisted before applying the tape. The wires were just stuck into them (but the tape held like a biting pitbull). [/QOUTE]

In my opinion you should not have to use tape when applying wire nuts. If you have to use tape when you make taps/joints you might want to reconsider your technique and/or use of materials

I don't use tape either. The guy that did this was a software salesman. My previous post was just sarcasm. (Incidentally, this is where I found the problem of why there was no power in the suite.)...S

electure wrote:


Something tells me he wasn't designing the 2005 NEC cd-rom

-Randy

Could this stuff properly be called "Cable Duct Tape"?
http://thetapeworks.com/cablepath.htm