At 23:04 11/10/99 , Marshall Ruskin wrote:
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>BTW: I couldn't find self-vulcanizing tape either, hence - the tip listed
>above.

Try electrical supply house -- self-vulcanizing tape or "rubber tape" was
used to make up electrical connections before the age of wire-nuts.  The
joint would then be covered with "friction tape."  Rubber tape is just
that, a strip of high-quality rubber with a varnished-linen strip wound on
the spool to keep the layers from sticking together.  It is not sticky, but
if applied to itself under tension it will coalesce into a solid mass.

Radio Shack, West Marine and others have a silicone rubber version of this
but I imagine that the real stuff would be better for this application

david
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