Dave, that's exactly the cable! I still have some of it running to
wall switches. It's a real `pain in the ass' to work with...

   - Tom

At 10:24 PM 9/26/99 -0700, Dave Bell wrote:
>Tom Handley wrote:
>
>>   Bob, my house was built in 1906. It's a two story house with an attic
>>and basement. A lot of the wiring is `knob and tube'. There was an update
>>with wire that I can't identify other than to say that I'm glad I don't
>>have rats...
>
>  Without seeing it, I'd guess "non-metallic sheathed cable", a precursor
>to Romex. It had rubber or plastic insulated conductors, separated by a
>hard paper wrap, inside a fabric outer envelope, with (usually) aluminum
>paint or ink on the outside. Kind of looked like duct tape-sheathed Romex.
>
>Dave


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Tom Handley
New Age Communications
Since '75 before "New Age" and no one around here is waiting for UFOs ;-)