Findlay234
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 03:55 PM |
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SVA and insulating tape.
Is this a no no, and where best can i source other tape to do the job???
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 03:58 PM |
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Depends on what it is for. I do not use insulation tape for insulating as it always comes loose after a time! O.k for wraping loom (better to use loom
tape though none sticky stuff).. For insulating terminals I use heatshrink.
Cheers
Dan
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pewe
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 04:11 PM |
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Self-amalgamating tape and heat shrink from the likes of Maplins is OK for loom wrapping or you can buy loom tape from the likes of Vehicle Wiring
Products. Cheers, Pewe 
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smart51
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 04:27 PM |
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I used it for rewinding parts of the loom that I'd changed and had no questions asked.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 04:30 PM |
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I wouldn't use insulating tape . After a while it gets either hard and brittle or horribly sticky. Also I don't think under-bonnet
temperatures would do it much good
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RazMan
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 04:59 PM |
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Some of the best quality tapes are pretty good and will last the distance. You get what you pay for so give eBay a miss and order from an electrical
supply company and get the proper stuff.
Having said that I always use heatshrink where possible - that is as permanent as you want it to be.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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SeaBass
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 06:10 PM |
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I'll second loom wrapping tape - with some heat shrink on the ends to keep it tidy...
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worX
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| posted on 19/10/07 at 08:53 PM |
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I'd second loom tape aswell, although the last lot of tape I bought from an engineering/e;ectrical place seemed to be a lot better than the
norm!
Steve
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Shamrock GS
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 07:28 AM |
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I was just SVAd lat the beginning of the month and the tester said her didn't like to see acres of insulating tape - preferred proper loom tape
and self-amalg. His view was that insulating tape pointed to 'bodging'
Gary
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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