On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:12:29 +0000, Stefek Zaba
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:

One thing I would like to find is heat-resistant blue and brown
conductors to replace burned-out/charred wires in loads of
chandelier-type theatre-foyer installations, without bits of
silicon-rubber sleeving.



Rather less exotically - and in the blue and brown you ask for, instead
of all one 'natural' colour - is PTFE-insulated wire in various guages,
such as 365-795, 6A rated, 27notes for the 100m reel, alleging temp
rating up to 200C.

Thanks. The RS catalogue (including the CD version) is so difficult to
navigate nowadays that I must've missed that!

Six amp stuff is entirely adequate to hang, say, a 60W bulb on the end
:-)

I once did rewire a couple of "picture lamps" with some RS
PTFE-insulated VERY thin equipment wire, but for some reason it seemed
too fragile, although they're still working...

Obviously, for this sort of purpose, any colour insulation would do.

--
Frank Erskine