From: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid
On Wed, 05 Jun 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in article
, TJ wrote:
>Moe Trin wrote:
>> The modern LCD monitor isn't anywhere NEAR as hot as a CRT, but
>> some cords deteriorate in the higher temperatures. I was
>> originally thinking of using a MIL Spec (aircraft wire bundle)
>> lacing cord (nylon or polyester, impregnated with a fungicidal
>> wax), but had run out of it and didn't feel like buying a 500 yard
>> spool. Then I thought of a high temperature wire (Tefzel which is
>> a Teflon, or fiberglass insulation). Then I actually measured the
>> internal temps, and found 120F/49C max.
>Internal TV temps wouldn't be a consideration, as I had in mind to
>harness the stand to the shelf, and wouldn't be getting near the TV
>itself.
If the TV is going to (relatively reliably) stay on the stand, that
should be OK - but our TVs and our flat-panel monitors are all
free-standing and tend to be light enough that the cat can get a
shoulder in there,,, and HEAVE! (Not like the monstrous 21" Sony
that sat on my desk at work for several years - about 71 pounds.)
>But I doubt it would be a problem anyway. I've seen the stuff melt,
>but it was when some touched a tractor muffler. No problem with some
>in contact with an engine block at an operating temp of 180.
But how does it stand extended periods at elevated temperatures?
Natural fibers tend to dry out and deteriorate over time.
>Both twines won't unravel if you tie a knot in the end of the twine.
>I haven't tried melting the end like you would with a small engine
>starter cord, but I expect that might work with poly where the sisal
>would just burn.
Understood - what I used with the (0.065 dia) weed-whacker cord is a
barrel or butt (crimp) splice meant for #14 AWG wire.
Old guy
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