Flat Wire

[Tscott]

Saw this product on Cool Tools last night, and thought I would share. Pretty cool idea, although I am not sure how much I would trust it.

http://www.decorp.com/

Tom

[atvmech]

I would trust it just fine....your just taking a braid of copper and laying ti out flat....good idea....same idea as the wire say in a computer

[pattenp]

Saw this product on Cool Tools last night, and thought I would share. Pretty cool idea, although I am not sure how much I would trust it.

http://www.decorp.com/

Tom

What's to trust. It's only used for speaker or video wiring. It's not used for high voltage.

[pattenp]

What's to trust. It's only used for speaker or video wiring. It's not used for high voltage.

I have to take that comment back. I see they do make a version for 120V.

[rsanter]

I would not trust it ...yet
it is currently going through cert for use in electrical. then I will trust it

good idea, if it dosent cost too much I would think about it

bob

[Stuey]

I wouldn't trust it yet either. I've seen flat wires before as well, but typically only for digital signals.

[rwhite692]

What's to trust? The copper is there, it's just flat. Gee whiz

[carguykeith]

This woudl have beat the hell out of drilling through mud plates from my crawl space and runnign wire with a fish tape like I did last winter when I wired the home theater.

Oh well it's done now...

[phorsfi]

Thumbs down from an electrician who has used the stuff...:headshake

All the brands I've seen have been poor quality, hard to install, hard to make look good an finish time, etc etc... I would much rather fish a new run through a finished wall. Not something I would install in my own or a customers home/garage.

[Tscott]

What's to trust? The copper is there, it's just flat. Gee whiz


Sorry for the late reply. My misgivings are caused by the fact that the only thing protecting the user from 120VAC would be a thin layer of insulation and a skim coat of drywall mud and paint. I think the product is a great idea for speaker wire and other low voltage applications. I think this type of wire installed on a wall could be very easily pierced with a nail while hanging a picture or installing a chair rail.

The same can be said for standard wire installed within a wall space, but the target is much smaller, is not solidly mounted to a surface and can therefore move out of the way of an incoming nail. A shallow scrape on a wall could be a danger to anyone brushing against a wall. I am not sure how this could be approved with building departments. I am not allowed to run bare Romex down the wall without covering it, so why should I be allowed to use this stuff.

Just my $.02 take it for what it's worth.

Tom

[79firebird]

it should be find as you can get heavy duty flat 0 gage wireing for cars its expensive tho from what i have been told