At 08:39 PM 1/28/2001, Zoltan wrote:
>As the headline says, I am concerned about the cracking of the wires and
>the subsequent short it can make or touching each other.  Is there a way
>to make the plastic fresh again?
>I remember there was a thread about the trims to renew by warming them up
>to 300F.  Is this possible in this case too?
>Or is there some kind of liquid to soak it in or a spray that would help?

I have a nasty feeling you're out of luck on this one.  The insulation is
probably PVC which like most plastics is by nature hard and
brittle.  Plastics as manufactured contain as much as one-third of various
stuff called "plasticizers" which impart the desired flexibility -- but
they evaporate and degrade from heat and/or ultraviolet and/or ozone.

Sorry...
d

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