wrote:

On Thursday, 18 April 2019 21:14:57 UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, 18 April 2019 21:04:16 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
You sure its rubber? I've not seen rubber on cables for many years.

The cable wasn't rubber, but I used the rubber self-amalgamating tape to
make a new rubbery cover over the lamp where I had to saw it open to
redo the connections.

Owain

Rubber flexible cable is still used. We have plenty of it


NT
I think it tends to be synthetic rubber rather than natural rubber
nowadays, but I agree it makes much nicer flexible cables than PVC.

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Roger Hayter