On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:29:36 -0000, Graham. wrote:


"john reeves" wrote in message
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This is about those extension power leads ( usually orange coloured
from B & Q etc). Quite often sold for use with electric lawn
mowers.

These cables seem to have 'a mind of their own' every time you reel
them up and unreel them.

It's like a 'memory effect' they have, ( as if they are not flexible
enough ) and want to keep moving in a direction that they
must have been stored in previously.

This probably sounds like a minor thing. But the total time wasted and
frustration trying to unravel the thing mounts up time
after time.

I've tried that trick sailors use in giving it a small twist every time
you reel it around your arm, but its just a bit too stiff
to do that successfully. Has anyone else found a good way to deal with
this? It has crossed my mind that this cable is just too
old and has lost what flexibility it did have once.


PVC cable is a lot more well behaved in summer temperatures, God's way
of reminding
you that your lawn can look after itself this time of year.

Yup, if you want flexible in all weathers then HO5 or HO7 rubber is the
way to go. You can get "arctic grade" pvc, but it's not really well enough
insulated or tough enough to use in a garage.

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