Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Lidl sometimes do selections of Heatshrink in various sizes at a reasonable price - of course you need to have a nearby Lidl and go in the week they have it....
Evening.. Can't really plough through all of that and my need is not even audio. I'm re-wiring a brass table lamp with a brass lamp holder. It's a family thing... a sort of 1940's 'trench art style' brass lamp fronted by a brass silhouette of the famous cartoon character 'Jane'.who had an unfortunate habit of accidentally losing her clothes everywhere she went... It lived in my parent's bedroom for many years and I inherited it. It's a bit of old kitsch.. but fun.
The lamp is currently unwired, but the original brass/ceramic lamp holder is in excellent condition. However.. the whole thing is not earthed, which I'm sure would be illegal now. So.. I've purchased a few metres of 'retro' fabric wrapped, but plastic insulated 3 core flex. Also a matching 'torpedo' switch. I'm going to create an earth by connecting the earth conductor of the flex to one of several structural bolts in the base of the lamp. ( And yes.. I will check the continuity from the bolt to the earth pin of the plug just to be 'super safe')
But.. what I could do with. to prevent the fabric wrapping of the flex from fraying.. is some heat shrink sleeving. For a single core it needs to shrink to less than 2mm.
I already have stuff which will shrink onto the full 3 core flex.
Thing is.. I can't find anywhere which will sell me less than several miles of this stuff.. when all I need is maybe a maximum of 15cm for the whole job. Any suggestions where I might purchase small quantities?
...... then end up coming home with a canoe, 3 ton trolley jack, and an ice cream maker etc from the middle aisle.....Lidl sometimes do selections of Heatshrink in various sizes at a reasonable price - of course you need to have a nearby Lidl and go in the week they have it....
Me when I get around to sorting them out. Loads of crossover caps, resistors etcRecommendations please for suppliers of quality crossover components other than Hi Fi collective (too expensive)
Please PM me once you have a list. Cheers.Me when I get around to sorting them out. Loads of crossover caps, resistors etc