Electrical tape is horrible stuff. The glue weakens over time and it just unwinds. Skip using that. However there is another material that is a much better product. It's called fusion tape. You PULL it and then wrap it around the wire. It fuses to itself and becomes essentially a homogenous material much better than electrical tape. There are also brush on insulations. I've not tried those.
On Sep 3, 2006, at 1:17 AM, Joy Hecht wrote: > Hi folks, > > This isn't actually a Vanagon question, but I thought someone might > know. > I'm looking for a way to reinforce the insulation on a computer > cable, in a > spot where electrical tape wouldn't do it. It's the cable that > comes out of > the AC adaptor and runs to my laptop. It doesn't unplug from the > adaptor, > and what with packing up the adaptor regularly to transport it, the > cable > bends right near where it attaches to the adaptor, and is starting > to crack. > |
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