[Behind the Lines] Ep. 5 Mechanism Design with 118, 3847, and 973!

[Sperkowsky]

What's the difference between it and normal electrical tape?

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

What's the difference between it and normal electrical tape?

Electrical tape is vinyl, not rubber, for what it's worth.

[Ty Tremblay]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

What's the difference between it and normal electrical tape?

I'm pretty sure this also doesn't have any adhesive on it. It basically only sticks to itself.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

What's the difference between it and normal electrical tape?

It's also a lot thicker than regular electrical tape and stronger. It also has a good tacky texture to increase its coefficient of friction with most materials.

[philso]

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[philso]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

What's the difference between it and normal electrical tape?

It sticks to itself then fuses over time into a continuous mass. The ones I have used did not have adhesive and would stick to itself due to "tackiness".

It is also called "self amalgamating tape". It is used to create a continuous electrically insulating "coating" on objects that were not previously insulated and are inconvenient to apply insulation to using "normal methods".

A mechanic I used go to in Toronto used self amalgamating tape to replace the insulation on part of a wiring loom in my car where it had dried out and crumbled away, causing all kinds of shorts. We use the silicon type to cover up the bolted joints in the insulated bus bars, to get continuous insulation, in some of the large industrial electrical equipment built in our plant at work.

http://solutions.3m.co.uk/wps/portal...gamating-tape/