I was just guessing at the reason it was there.

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Steve Barker



"mm" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 20:28:30 -0600, "Steve Barker LT"
wrote:

can't speak for the BX, but the old cloth romex I'm pulling out of my

They had cloth romex? I thought the start of romex was after cloth
insulation.

house appears to have a wrap of asbestos in it. After burning it (to
recycle the copper) in a very hot fire, there is what appears to be a
white
ribbon spiraled around the copper. I can only assume it's asbestos put
there for pulling strength.

Asbestos doesn't burn, aiui, so that makes sense that it's still t
here. I didn't know it had pulling strength, or tensile strength in
general (if there's a difference).

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Steve Barker