[Cob] can bamboo be used as wiring conduit ?

[David Knowlton]

i think that if you are going for all natural you should stick to that:
combustion for heat and cooking, combustion for light, etc.

if you want modern conveniences: electricity - use the modern materials. 
it's safer, and
you are still benefitting the environment by using less wood and being 
super-insulative
in your structure------------------------compromise


>From: "Yun Que" <yunk88 at hotmail.com>
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: [Cob] can bamboo be used as wiring conduit ?
>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:16:14 -0500
>
>
>    Cat here some where in my life someone told me not to run elec wires
>    in conduit inside a wall because of movement that will eventuley eat
>    thru the protective coating??  I personaly like to have easy access to
>    anything that I will have to fix eventualy.  The thought of having to
>    dig into my walls for a wire some where that has gone goofy dosen't
>    sound like fun especialy if I have a remarkable fresco on it!!!!   So
>    I'm thinking that I will design things with the wires maybe in
>    archetectural wood work, moldings, crowns chair rails, or picture
>    rails embedded in the cob???
>
>    What do you think???
>    for the good of all C.
>    >From: "Bill&Julie" >To: "Cob List" >Subject: Re: [Cob] can bamboo be
>    used as wiring conduit ? >Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:59:25 -0600 > >You
>    are right about the CODES ,, not being founded in the sciences,, What
>    I >was >referring to was using wire that was rated for underground
>    use... Silly me,, >if the >wire is good enough for the cold wet
>    ground,, I would have thought it would >be good enough for COB... But
>    then,, all CODES are not the same,, and they >change from year to
>    year... So for your own piece of mind,, check the >CODES... >and yet
>    another 2¢ from bill > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Quinn"
>    >To: "Bill&Julie" ; "Cob List" >Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:57
>    PM >Subject: Re: [Cob] can bamboo be used as wiring conduit ? > > > >
>    Epiphanies R Us..... > > What would happen if a person were to make a
>    shallow channel in the Cob > > walls where you wanted to run the
>    wires.. And then, after the wires were > > laid, Cob and plaster over
>    them??? > > The you could make an accurate blue print of where the
>    wires were,, to be > > able to access them in the future.... The idea
>    of making a channel, >instead > > of incorporating the wire into the
>    wall ... > >Not an engineer, but my feeling is this: Barring a
>    churning A/C unit >somewhere, you probably encounter humidity for some
>    months of the year. Not >dampness, just humidity, but it leaches into
>    the somewhat porous walls in >these months. You get a short in your
>    wires and presto-change-o --your >walls are electrified. > >Of course
>    not to mention the fact that it wouldn't pass code anywhere (and >that
>    could be why.) > >Now, maybe I'm wrong, and its certainly an extreme
>    example, but before we go >throwing away all the 'new', I think its a
>    good idea to at least reflect on >why it might have come about, what
>    purpose it serves. Some of these >gosh-darn laws and rules were built
>    on other people's bad experiences. > >Quinn > > >
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