[Cob] can bamboo be used as wiring conduit ?

[David Knowlton]

you could soak it in some horribly toxic fire retardant, but it kind of
defeats the purpose. take a look at underground vinyl coated wire.
expensive, but really neato. some things are worth the money


>From: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: RE: [Cob] can bamboo be used as wiring conduit ?
>Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:00:21 -0600
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>Blue tubing doesn't burn?  (I don't know if it does or not--the time we 
>needed very flexible cable, we used the armored stuff, real easy to work 
>with, came with the wires already installed.)
>
>I think that they sometimes knock or burn out the joins between  sections 
>and use bamboo for water pipe.
>
>What kind of bamboo were you thinking about?  It would be nice to have a 
>use for native cane, which can be a pest. (for overseas lurkers--less than 
>three meters high, less than three centemeters across).
>
>............
>Phil Hawn:
>
>I would think that there would be too great a risk of fire. Even buried in 
>a cob wall it wouldn't be pleasant.
>
>Mike Swink:
>
>can bamboo be used as wiring conduit
>
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