I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.

rant over.

John Kenyon Wrote in message:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.

rant over.


Out of stock cos no one wants it/does it...

eBay

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On 26/09/2019 18:20, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.


How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1



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He did say bricks and mortar, ie shop.

There used to be a wonderful stall in Epsom market that sold this kind of
thing some years ago, I bet its now full of foody geek shops like Kingston
Market is. Nobody wants tatty nick nack shops or stalls contaminating their
high streets these days it seems.

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On 26/09/2019 18:20, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of
unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.


How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1



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On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 6:25:11 PM UTC+1, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium..

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.

rant over.

Yeah, I had to go online to buy some braided Steam iron flex a couple of years
ago.

It did mean that I could get 3metres or so - much more useful than the original
length you normally get fitted.

Also - FWIW I think I had to crimp some connectors of some sort onto the cable
in order to fit into the iron. I can't recall the exact details, they were
possibly spade connectors. I remember thinking that I could probably bodge it,
but decided not to. Your Iron May Vary, of course...

J^n

On Thursday, 26 September 2019 21:31:45 UTC+1, jkn wrote:
Your Iron May Vary, of course...

My experience of Iron Flex is that it somes in two diameters: thin and tangly, and too thick to fit the existing grommet.

Owain

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:57:28 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 26/09/2019 18:20, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.


How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1

But with postage that's £11.48 - I could buy a new iron for less.
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On 26/09/2019 21:31, jkn wrote:
On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 6:25:11 PM UTC+1, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.

rant over.

Yeah, I had to go online to buy some braided Steam iron flex a couple of years
ago.

It did mean that I could get 3metres or so - much more useful than the original
length you normally get fitted.

Also - FWIW I think I had to crimp some connectors of some sort onto the cable
in order to fit into the iron. I can't recall the exact details, they were
possibly spade connectors. I remember thinking that I could probably bodge it,
but decided not to. Your Iron May Vary, of course...


Three way choc block under the cover. There's nothing special about the
iron, apart from the fact that it still works despite the imminent
danger of blown fuse/electric shock from a one inch section of cable
that formed a kink with the inner cores hanging out (bad), and local
cracking of the rubber insulation (worse).

The only "special" item required is a bit of tape at both ends of the
flex to keep the braid from unraveling.

For the record, the iron has the marker 12W47 which means it's less than
7 years old.

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)

John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.



https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m... 152115354470

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In article ,
John Kenyon wrote:
All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of
unobtainium.


Ebay seems to have lots of cloth covered cable in various colours etc.
Sold by the meter and free postage.

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On 26/09/2019 18:57, John Rumm wrote:
On 26/09/2019 18:20, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of
unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.


How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1




TWO core

On 27/09/2019 12:47, newshound wrote:
On 26/09/2019 18:57, John Rumm wrote:
On 26/09/2019 18:20, John Kenyon wrote:
I have a steam iron that works perfectly, save for the flex.

The difficult bit was supposed to be getting the rear panel off the iron
(doddle - one security screw and gentle pressure to release plastic
tangs), not sourcing the bleedin' cable.

All I need is 2.5 or 3 metres of 1mm^2 3 core rubber insulated cable
with an overall cloth braid, and the thing will work again. The only
problem is that this cable (aka 2043Y) seems to be be made of
unobtainium.

B&Q reckon they have 2.5metres for £7 in their range - pity it's out of
stock at every store. Nowhere with any kind of local bricks and mortar
presence seems to sell it.

Yes it's only £10 more to buy an identical replacement, but it's a lot
easier to recycle 3 metres of worn flex than 1.5kg+ of mixed materials.


How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1




TWO core

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ZXMJXIA

THREE core

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On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:57:28 +0100, John Rumm
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How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1

But with postage that's £11.48 - I could buy a new iron for less.

Or free click and collect - Argos, I assume.

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On 27/09/2019 14:09, Terry Casey wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:57:28 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:


How about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/First4Spare... 520468&sr=8-1

But with postage that's £11.48 - I could buy a new iron for less.

Or free click and collect - Argos, I assume.

Sometimes stuff isn't worth repairing even with free labour


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On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should be
OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

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On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:39:54 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

Silicon would be very inflexible.

Silicone would be good though.



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On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.



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In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.

Don't you plug the iron into your central light via a BC adaptor, like
everyone else on here? ;-)

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On Friday, 27 September 2019 17:04:10 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.

Rubber flex is rated to 60C. It tolerates far higher, but it does it no favours. The cloth cover prevents direct contact, reducing peak temps.

It should not be hard to find online. Locally you likely won't get it, as it's only used for clothes irons these days, and few folk repair their stuff now.

Immersion heater flex is completely unsuitable. It's too thick & stiff, and is 90C rated PVC. A momentary touch of that on a hot iron will melt it.

Silicone is more £ & very soft.


NT

On Friday, 27 September 2019 17:40:14 UTC+1, tabby wrote:

Rubber flex is rated to 60C. It tolerates far higher, but it does it no favours. The cloth cover prevents direct contact, reducing peak temps.

It should not be hard to find online. Locally you likely won't get it, as it's only used for clothes irons these days, and few folk repair their stuff now.

You might get it for free by asking for a dead iron on freecycle/freegle/etc


NT

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:42:16 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges
-
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron
should be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

Silicon is really hard. And strong. And inflexible.



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dennis@home wrote:

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead,
at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.


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Immersion heater flex is completely unsuitable. It's too thick & stiff,
and is 90C rated PVC. A momentary touch of that on a hot iron will melt
it.

Use butyl, then.

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On 27/09/2019 22:53, Roger Hayter wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead,
at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.

Bollox. I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and
its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.




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On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:48:28 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

snip

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead,
at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.

Bollox. I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and
its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.


Except you have probably used single core and very muti-stranded and
specifically flexible *single* cables that are single insulated and
therefore mostly flexible because of that (so irrelevant to a 3 core
cable).

Bind three of your single cores together and then put them in another
sheath and whilst you might still be more flexible than the same when
PVC (certainly) or rubber (possibly) sheathed, the chances are that it
would still be easier to slice though the outer sheath and inner
conductor insulation than with the other two and especially if it
wasn't in a fabric cover.

I have 2.5mm^2 extension leads in PVC (Arctic) and rubber and the
rubber is way more flexible, especially in the cold. Both are
reasonably resistant to abrasion. I have sliced the insulation through
on silicone insulated cables simply by pulling them past a sharp
object (in the way rubber or PVC wouldn't).

Cheers, T i m

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 27/09/2019 22:53, Roger Hayter wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead,
at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.

Bollox. I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and
its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.


True. But it is not as flexible as very thin rubber with a fabric
cover.





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On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:30:15 +0100, (Roger Hayter)
wrote:

snip

I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and
its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.


True. But it is not as flexible as very thin rubber with a fabric
cover.

Or when made up into a multicore (3) cable.

Cheers, T i m

On 28/09/2019 11:30, Roger Hayter wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 27/09/2019 22:53, Roger Hayter wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead,
at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.

Bollox. I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and
its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.


True. But it is not as flexible as very thin rubber with a fabric
cover.


Not a lot in it. Silicone cable is VERY flexible. More than rubber for
similar sizes.







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On Saturday, 28 September 2019 16:10:32 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 28/09/2019 11:30, Roger Hayter wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 27/09/2019 22:53, Roger Hayter wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

On 27/09/2019 17:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:41:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/09/2019 23:29, John Kenyon wrote:

Also the thing has a sensible strain relief where the cable emerges -
the cable is easily threaded through. The thing is the antithesis of
Apple design - cheap and completely repairable (if you can get the
sodding cable...)


It doesn't have to be cotton covered, heat resistant silicon cable
should be fine, immersion heater cable is temperature resistant and
fairly flexible too.

True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.




The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading.
Silicon rubber doesn't.

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead,
at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.

Bollox. I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and
its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.


True. But it is not as flexible as very thin rubber with a fabric
cover.


Not a lot in it. Silicone cable is VERY flexible. More than rubber for
similar sizes.

+1. Some folk are saying odd & senseless things. The problem with silicone is it's too flexible, so much so that it's easy to cut it in normal use. And the cost.


NT